Pragmatic Interpretation: Conversational Coherence
Pragmatic Interpretation: Conversational Coherence

Summary/Abstract: Participants in conversation expect that utterances make sense at each moment in the interaction. This paper shows how meaning is constructed collaboratively and intersubjectively on the basis of two types of element: logical intelligible links between chunks of discourse provided by the interactants themselves and some contextual conversational resources, such as prior co-text, the concrete surrounding situation, or some background knowledge

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