“How are you?”: Negotiating phatic communion

Language in Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 207-230

  Robinson, Jeffrey D ^b   Coupland, Nikolas ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0002103464     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404500015268     Document Type: Article

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