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Publication details [#23148]

Murphy, Gregory L. 1992. Comprehension and memory of personal reference: the use of social information in language processing. Discourse Processes 15 (3) : 337–356.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comprehension | reference | social relationship | terms of address

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

M. examines listener sensitivity to the social relations expressed in the choice of specific terms of address, and argues that, in the case of ambiguous terms of address, listeners use the social relationship implied in the choice of term of address to determine reference.