Partner-specific interpretation of maintained referential precedents during interactive dialog

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-190

  Brown Schmidt, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Common ground; Conceptual pact; Conversation; Entrainment; Eye tracking; Perspective; Precedent; Reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349142970     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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