The Logic of Conversation and the Fault Tree

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-212

  Choi, Incheol ^a   Choi, Dong Won ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0041377981     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2503_03     Document Type: Article

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