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Publication details [#5096]

Jackson, Sally. 1981. Conversational implicature in children's comprehension of reference. Communication Monographs 48 (3) : 237–249.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
conversational implicature, L1-acquisition of | cooperation, L1-acquisition of | reference, comprehension of | reference, L1-acquisition of | school age

Annotation

Grade school children are shown to cooperate in the creation of the meaning of messages by actively trying to compute implicatures.