Elasticity of vague language

This study develops an overarching theoretical framework of the strategic elasticity of vague language (e.g., “I probably have some books on the topic”), which has been lacking in the literature. The metaphor of a slingshot used in this study describes the stretching of vague language (VL) to target...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Grace
Format: Journal Article
Published: Walter de Gruyter 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39068