Backchannel responses as strategic responses in bilingual speakers' conversations

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1113-1142

  Heinz, Bettina ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American English; Backchannel; Bilingualism; Communication accommodation theory; German; Intercultural; Interpersonal; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037902472     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00190-X     Document Type: Article

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