A conversation analytical study of telephone conversation openings between native and nonnative speakers

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1807-1832

  Taleghani Nikazm, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Conversational routines; German; Native nonnative speaker interaction; Persian; Pragmatic transfer; Telephone conversation openings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889172     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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