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Clark, Herbert H.; Lucy, Peter – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1975
Twenty-three subjects drew deductions from ten different pairs of conversationally conveyed requests, of which the first conveyed a positive request, the second, a negative. Some evidence shows the listener constructs the literal meaning before the conveyed meaning. (CK)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Theory, Listening Comprehension
