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Publication details [#20645]

Oim, Haldur. 1986. Where do communicative acts come from? In Johansen, Jorgen Dines and Harly Sonde, eds. Pragmatics and linguistics: Festschrift for Jacob L.Mey. Odense UP. pp. 129–135.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversation | goal

Annotation

Building on the generally accepted assumption that communication is a goal-directed activity, the author argues for the need of a model of goal generation in order to explain longer stretches of conversation.