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Publication details [#12089]

Tanaka, Hiroaki. 1997. In other words and conversational implicature. Pragmatics 7 (3) : 367–387.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

coherence | conversation, processing of | implicature, processing of | inferential semantics | participant reference

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

ISBN

1018-2101

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

The inferential function of the phrase IN OTHER WORDS and the listener's comprehension of the speaker's implicature are analyzed. Results indicate that both speaker and listener share a similar cognitive environment allowing for conversational coherence.