Perspective Taking and the Coordination of Meaning in Language Use

Handbook of Psycholinguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 901-938

  Barr, Dale J ^a   Keysar, Boaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369374-7/50024-9     Document Type: Chapter

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