The 'northridge earthquake' conversations: Conversational patterns in Japanese and Thai and their cultural significance

Discourse and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 501-529

  Iwasaki, Shoichi ^a   Horie, Preeya Ingkaphirom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Common ground; Conversational floor; Conversational patterns; Cultural norms; Japanese and Thai conversation; Turn taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032349501     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926598009004005     Document Type: Article

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