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Clark, Herbert H. 1996. Using language. Cambridge University Press. xi + 432 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

This book on language use ('signaling') as a form of joint action embedded within broader social activities, adopts Lewis' view, stating that language use aims at increasing the interlocutors' common ground by solving a participant coordination problem via convention.

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