Verbal Indirection is a communicative strategy in high-context communication whereby meaning is conveyed implicitly through contextual cues, presuppositions, or non-literal expressions rather than through explicit, direct verbal statements.
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Indirect Communication
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The indirect object construction in English: an informational approach
Peter Collins · Linguistics · 1995 · 295 citations
A plan-based analysis of indirect speech acts
C. Raymond Perrault, James F. Allen · 1980 · 289 citations
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
2 publications · 133 citations
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Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
497 citations
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, United States
2 h-index
3 publications
357 citations
Ball State University
Muncie, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
374 citations
University of York
York, United Kingdom
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2 publications
40 citations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, United States
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2 publications
133 citations
New York University
New York, United States
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1 publications
11 citations
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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1 publications
24 citations
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
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2 publications
44 citations
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- Journal of Pragmatics
8 publications · 718 citations
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- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
3 publications · 662 citations
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- International Journal of Intercultural Relations
2 publications · 176 citations
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- Psychological Review
2 publications · 169 citations
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- Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
2 publications · 167 citations
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