Request Comprehension

Request Comprehension is a cognitive process within pragmatic processing that specifically involves the interpretation and understanding of speaker intentions in directive utterances framed as requests, distinguishing it from other speech acts by its focus on recognizing politeness strategies, indirectness, and contextual constraints governing compliance.

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131

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2017–2026

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Pragmatic ProcessingPragmatics Of Requests

Publications

Contingency and Action: A Comparison of Two Forms of Requesting

Traci S. Curl, Paul Drew · Research on Language and Social Interaction · 2008 · 799 citations · Full text

Language Studies, Linguistics, Interpersonal Communication +14

Is Sybil there? the structure of some American English directives

Susan Μ. Ervin-Tripp · Language in Society · 1976 · 766 citations

Language Studies, Communication, Linguistics +17

Directives: Entitlement and contingency in action

Alexandra Craven, Jonathan Potter · Discourse Studies · 2010 · 384 citations · Full text

Language Studies, Family Law, Child Support +7

Understanding what is meant from what is said: A study in conversationally conveyed requests

Herbert H. Clark, Peter Lucy · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1975 · 380 citations

Language Studies, Communication, Linguistics +10

Requests and responses in children's speech

Catherine Garvey · Journal of Child Language · 1975 · 296 citations

Language Studies, Communication, Linguistics +17

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Raymond W. Gibbs
University of California, Santa Cruz, United States
7 publications · 830 citations
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Michael E. Roloff
Northwestern University, United States
4 publications · 87 citations
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Thomas Holtgraves
Ball State University, United States
3 publications · 230 citations
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Mimi Milner Elrod
Iowa State University, United States
2 publications · 87 citations
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Mikhaïl Kissine
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
2 publications · 91 citations
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Journal of Pragmatics
5 publications · 171 citations
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Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
4 publications · 474 citations
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Discourse Processes
DP · 4 publications · 297 citations
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Journal of Child Language
4 publications · 444 citations
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The Journal of Genetic Psychology
2 publications · 87 citations
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