Socialization in communication: Pragmatic socialization during dinnertime in Estonian, Finnish and Swedish families

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1757-1786

  Geer, Boel De ^a   Tulviste, Tiia ^b   Mizera, Luule ^b   Tryggvason, Marja Terttu ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Directness; Family discourse; Family socialization; Metapragmatic comments; Pragmatic socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889463     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(01)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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