Talking back: "Small" interactional response tokens in everyday conversation

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-63

  McCarthy, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037208184     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327973RLSI3601_3     Document Type: Review

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