Cognitive features of indirect speech acts

The offer of some cake can be declined by saying "I am on a diet" - an indirect reply. Here, we asked whether certain well-established psychological and conceptual features are linked to the (in)directness of speech acts - an issue unexplored so far. Subjects rated direct and indirect spee...

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Published in:	Language, cognition and neuroscience Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 40 - 64
Main Authors:	Boux, Isabella P., Margiotoudi, Konstantina, Dreyer, Felix R., Tomasello, Rosario, Pulvermüller, Friedemann
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2023 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Cognition Cognitive ability Cognitive linguistics implicature Indirect speech acts Neuroimaging politeness pragmatics Speech Speech acts
ISSN:	2327-3798, 2327-3801
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