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Publication details [#23444]

Hinds, John. 1985. Misinterpretations and common knowledge in Japanese. Journal of Pragmatics 9 (1) : 7–19.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
misunderstanding | mutual knowledge
Language as a subject
Japanese
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Annotation

On the basis of an analysis of Japanese conversations, it is shown how misinterpretations can occur in spite of a robust core of shared knowledge.