Taking the language stance in a material world: A comprehension study

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 573-595

  Tylén, Kristian ^a   Phillipsen, Johanne Stege ^a   Weed, Ethan ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conventionality; Language stance; Material signals; Non verbal communication; Objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549097693     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.17.3.05tyl     Document Type: Article

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