Is it a promise or a threat?

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-311

  Castelfranchi, Cristiano ^a   Guerini, Marco ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b ITC IRST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commitments; Incentives; Influencing; Mental attitudes; Persuasion; Promise; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347337766     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.15.2.05cas     Document Type: Article

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