The interactive work of prosody in the IRF exchange: Teacher repetition in feedback moves

Language in Society

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-104

  Hellermann, John ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom discourse; Prosody; Repetition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037704672     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404503321049     Document Type: Review

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