Interpreting what speakers say and implicate

Brain and Language

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 466-485

  Gibbs Jr , Raymond W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CONVERSATION; HUMAN; INTUITION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0345624453     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1999.2123     Document Type: Article

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