Recognition and repair of communicative failures: A developmental perspective

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1398-1429

  Bosco, Francesca M ^a   Bucciarelli, Monica ^a   Bara, Bruno G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive Pragmatics; Communicative failure; Development; Mental representations; Recognition; Repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745238960     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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