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Publication details [#4732]

Hinds, John V. 1981. The interpretation of ungrammatical utterances. In Coulmas, Florian, ed. A Festschrift for native speaker. Mouton. pp. 221–235.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversation | deviation, comprehension of | grammaticality | intention

Language as a subject

Japanese

Annotation

H. argues that ungrammatical utterances in specific contexts may offer insights into speaker motivations and intended meanings. A Japanese conversation is analysed to show this.