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| Ambiguity | 1 |
| Dialect Studies | 1 |
| Mutual Intelligibility | 1 |
| Regional Dialects | 1 |
| Semantics | 1 |
| Sino Tibetan Languages | 1 |
| Sociocultural Patterns | 1 |
| Sociolinguistics | 1 |
| Thai | 1 |
| Verbal Communication | 1 |
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| Linguistics | 1 |
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| Bilmes, Jack | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBilmes, Jack – Linguistics, 1975
Misinformation and ambiguity as features of social communication in Northern Thai villages are examined. The questions of how well Northern Thai villagers understand each others' verbal communications, and how accurate their statements actually are, are considered. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Dialect Studies, Mutual Intelligibility, Regional Dialects
