Why direct speech is not a natural default: Rejoinder to Steven Pinker's " Indirect Speech, Politeness, Deniability, and Relationship Negotiation"

Marina Terkourafi

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2011.05.006

Why direct speech is not a natural default: Rejoinder to Steven Pinker's " Indirect Speech, Politeness, Deniability, and Relationship Negotiation"

Marina Terkourafi

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2869-2871
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Pragmatics
Volume	43
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2011.05.006
State	Published - Sep 2011

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Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Artificial Intelligence

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