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A review of Relevance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Stephen C. Levinson
Stephen C. Levinson
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Department of Linguistics, University of Cambridge
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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , September 1989 , pp. 455 - 472
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