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Publication details [#56488]

Keysar, Boaz and Shiri Lev-Ari. 2012. Less-Detailed Representation of Non-Native Language: Why Non-Native Speakers' Stories Seem More Vague. Discourse Processes 49 (7) : 523–538.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

accessibility | intention | native vs. non-native interaction | representational structure | working memory

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

Exploring whether non-native speaker language is less reliable than native speaker language in communicating speaker intention, this study argues that adaptation to non-native speakers relies on working memory.