When some is actually all: Scalar inferences in face-threatening contexts

Cognition

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-258

  Bonnefon, Jean François ^a   Feeney, Aidan ^b   Villejoubert, Gaëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face management; Pragmatics; Relevance Theory; Scalar inference; Some

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH;

CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649338405     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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