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Gibbs, Raymond W., Jr. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1981
Discusses three experiments which investigated the role of convention and context in understanding indirect requests. Experiments 1 and 2 showed the wide variety of conventions used and how context determines conventionality. Experiment 3 showed how conventional requests take less time to process than nonconventional ones. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Language Processing, Listening Comprehension, Pragmatics
Nurss, Joanne R.; Day, David E. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Research supported by a United States Office of Education grant. (DS)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Children, Grammar
