Relevance theory and pragmatic impairment

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-390

  Leinonen, Eeva ^a   Kerbel, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explicature; Implicature; Pragmatic impairment; Relevance theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032879020     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136828299247342     Document Type: Article

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