Interpretation of utterances in their conversational context, including what a speaker is asking the listener to do. Making “initial search” explicit can change the interpretation of a false belief question without changing the represented event.[ref]
Where to look first for children's knowledge of false beliefs by Michael Siegal and Karen Beattie. Cognition 38, 1–12; initial-search wording manipulation
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