Being friendly in survey interviews

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 591-623

  Houtkoop Steenstra, Hanneke ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031280749     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(97)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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