It might be argued that the model of language proposed here is not specifically linguistic, and that the concepts of predictability and redundancy are applicable to many aspects of psychological activity (e.g. memory) and social behaviour. Nevertheless they are particularly clear when applied to language, and the theory has been most explicitly developed with reference to linguistic examples. Furthermore, as the concern with autonomous linguistics mellows, it may be useful to start looking for a basis of linguistic organisation in wider psychological and social competence. It is not entirely plausible that linguistic competence is as distinct from other cognitive abilities as some linguists have proposed.