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Publication details [#32099]

Smith, Sara W., Andreas Jucker and Tanja Lüdge. 2003. Interactive aspects of vagueness in conversation. Journal of Pragmatics 35 (12) : 1737–1769.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | intention | meaning | reference | vagueness

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0378-2166

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This study uses a relevance theoretical framework to show that vague expressions may be more effective than precise ones in conveying the intended meaning of an utterance, as they carry more relevant contextual implications.