Selecting next speaker: The context-sensitive operation of a context-free organization

Language in Society

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-201

  Lerner, Gene H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Conversation; Turn allocation; Turn taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037704747     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S004740450332202X     Document Type: Review

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