Small talk at work: Potential problems for workers with an intellectual disability

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-84

  Holmes, Janet ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0037208186     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327973RLSI3601_4     Document Type: Review

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