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Publication details [#2198]

Clark, Herbert H. and Peter Lucy. 1975. Understanding what is meant from what is said: A study in conversationally conveyed requests. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 14 : 56–72.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

intended meaning vs. interpreted meaning | literal meaning | meaning, comprehension of | requesting, comprehension of

Annotation

Report on an experiment that is claimed to support the theory that, in construing the intended sense of an utterance, a hearer first constructs the literal meaning of the utterance, and only afterwards gets to the conveyed meaning.