Conversational norms and the interpretation of vague quantifiers

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-307

  Wänke, Michaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONVERSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEISURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 8744234911     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.787     Document Type: Article

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