The effect of information overlap on communication effectiveness

Cognitive Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-181

  Wu, Shali ^a   Keysar, Boaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication effectiveness; Information; Language use; Reference; Satisficing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947420933     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210709336989     Document Type: Article

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