Alignment as the basis for successful communication

Research on Language and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 203-228

  Pickering, Martin J ^a   Garrod, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; Dialogue; Situation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748804722     PISSN: 15707075     EISSN: 15728706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11168-006-9004-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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