The interactional handling of misunderstanding in everyday conversations

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 817-836

  Bazzanella, Carla ^a   Damiano, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 0033148081     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(98)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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