Intelligibility and negotiated meaning in interaction
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1Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA 70504-3170, USA. nmueller@louisiana.edu
Abstract:
Intelligibility is discussed in terms of the process of realizing a potential for mutual understanding, or intersubjectivity. The local management of mutual understanding, and its emergent properties within the context of an interaction are emphasized. Clinical applications of conceptualizing intelligibility as a potential rather than a property of speaker or interaction are discussed.
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