Lexical entrainment and lexical differentiation in reference phrase choice

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-463

  Van Der Wege, Mija M ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common ground; Conceptual pacts; Contrast; Lexical differentiation; Lexical entrainment; Linguistic precedent; Perspective taking; Reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949184786     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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