The Gricean Maxim of Quantity is believed to govern linguistic performance. Speakers are
assumed to provide as much information as required for referent identification and no more …

A pragmatic account of referential communication is developed which presents an
alternative to traditional Gricean accounts by focusing on cooperativeness and efficiency …

The repetition and the predictability of a word in a conversation are two factors that are
believed to affect whether it is emphasized: Predictable, repeated words are less …

Scalar inferences are commonly generated when a speaker uses a weaker expression
rather than a stronger alternative, eg, John ate some of the apples implies that he did not eat …

Past research has shown that when speakers refer to the same referent multiple times, they
tend to standardize their descriptions by establishing linguistic precedents. In three …

A central claim in cognitive science is that speakers often say things which underdetermine
what they imply by their use of utterances in context. For example, in uttering Jane has three …

To what extent do speaker-external communicative pressures versus speaker-internal
cognitive pressures affect utterance form? Four experiments measured speakers' references …

If speakers articulate clearly enough to meet the perceptual needs of their listeners, clarity
should depend on what listeners know about (listener-Given) rather than on what speakers …

When listeners search for the referent of a speaker's expression, they experience
interference from privileged knowledge, knowledge outside of their 'common ground'with the …

We examined the extent to which speakers take into consideration the addressee's
perspective in language production. Previous research on this process had revealed clear …