The demise of a unique concept of literal meaning

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-402

  Ariel, Mira ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

'What is said'; Explicature; Figurative; Linguistic; Literal; Privileged interactional interpretation; Salient

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036167203     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(01)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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