In the heat of the sequence: Interactional features preceding walkouts from argumentative talk

Language in Society

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 611-638

  Dersley, Ian ^a   Wootton, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argument; Communication breakdown; Complaints; Conflict; Emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035567572     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404501004043     Document Type: Article

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