Crews, wusses, and whoppas: Core and fringe vocabularies of Australian meal-break conversations in the workplace

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-109

  Balandin, Susan ^a,c   Iacono, Teresa ^b  

^a Ctr for Devmtl Disability Studies   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC); FRINGE VOCABULARY; VOCABULARY SELECTION;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032689803     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619912331278605     Document Type: Article

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