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Act or Clarify? Modeling Sensitivity to Uncertainty and Cost in Communication

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Main Authors:	Tsvilodub, Polina, Mulligan, Karl, Snider, Todd, Hawkins, Robert D., Franke, Michael
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Computation and Language
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