Diverging interpretations associated with the perspectives of the speaker and recipient in conversations

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 551-566

  Holtgraves, Thomas ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation interpretation; Conversation perspective taking; Gricean maxims; Indirect meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744573413     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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