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Publication details [#9898]

Wason, P.C. 1965. The contexts of plausible denial. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 4 : 7–11.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | denying | negation

Annotation

W. reports experimental investigations into the way in which pragmatic factors in language affect the reaction time to negative statements.

Reprints

Oldfield, R.C. and John C. Marshall. 1968. In Oldfield, R.C. and John C. Marshall, eds. Language: Selected readings. Penguin. pp. 246–253.