Phatic interpretations: standarisation and conventionalisation

This paper builds on work by Zegarac and Clark (Zegarac and Clark, forthcoming; Zegarac, in press) on phatic communication. Zegarac and Clark define phatic interpretations as interpretations which depend on the recognition of a communicative intention (as defined by Sperber and Wilson 198...

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Main Authors: Nicolle, Steve, Clark, Billy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Alicante 1998-11-01
Series:Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses
Online Access:https://raei.ua.es/article/view/1998-n11-phatic-interpretations-standarisation-and-conventionalisation