Perspective-free pragmatics: Broken precedents and the recovery-from-preemption hypothesis

Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 436 - 455
Published: Apr 1, 2007
Abstract
When speakers refer to the same referent multiple times in a conversation, they tend to follow established patterns of usage, known as conversational precedents. Research has found that listeners expect speakers to follow precedents, and that this expectation guides their search for referents (Barr, D. J., & Keysar, B. (2002). Anchoring comprehension in linguistic precedents. Journal of Memory and Language, 46, 391–418). Recently, Metzing and...
Paper Details
Title
Perspective-free pragmatics: Broken precedents and the recovery-from-preemption hypothesis
Published Date
Apr 1, 2007
Volume
56
Issue
3
Pages
436 - 455
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