@article{Healey.Howes.Hough.Purver_CC.BBS_2016, author = "Patrick G. T. Healey and Christine Howes and Julian Hough and Matthew Purver", abstract = "Empirical evidence from dialogue, both corpus and experimental, highlights the importance of interaction in language use – and this raises some questions for Christiansen {\&} Chater's (C{\&}C's) proposals. We endorse C{\&}C's call for an integrated framework but argue that their emphasis on local, individual production and comprehension makes it difficult to accommodate the ubiquitous, interactive, and defeasible processes of clarification and repair in conversation.", issn = "1469-1825", journal = "Behavioral and Brain Sciences", month = "jan", pages = "e76", title = "{B}etter late than {N}ow-or-{N}ever: {T}he case of interactive repair phenomena (commentary on {C}hristiansen and {C}hater's "{T}he {N}ow-or-{N}ever {B}ottleneck: {A} {F}undamental {C}onstraint on {L}anguage)", url = "http://tinyurl.com/better-late-than-now-or-never", volume = "39", year = "2016", }