Speech acts, the handicap principle and the expression of psychological states

Mind and Language

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-163

  Green, Mitchell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 63749094342     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2008.01357.x     Document Type: Article

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