Dueling contexts: A dynamic model of meaning

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-406

  Kecskes, Istvan ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Dialectics; Dynamic model of meaning; Interaction; Meaning construction; Salience; World knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 39849091929     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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