Are you listening? Cultural influences on the use of supportive verbal feedback in conversation

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-289

  Stubbe, Maria ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0032012374     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(97)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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