A Parsimonious Theory Can Account for Complex Phenomena: A Discursive Analysis of Edwards and Potter's Critique of Non-Discursive Language Research

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 807-822

  Schmid, Jeannette ^a   Fiedler, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attribution; Discourse; Language; Linguistic categories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033478310     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354399096005     Document Type: Article

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