Attenuating information in spoken communication: For the speaker, or for the addressee?

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-51

  Galati, Alexia ^a   Brennan, Susan E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addressees; Attenuation; Audience design; Common ground; Communication; Partner specific adaptation; Spontaneous speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450222715     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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