The clause as a locus of grammar and interaction

Discourse Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 481-505

  Thompson, Sandra A ^a   Couper Kuhlen, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clause; Co construction; Grammatical format; Next turn onset; Projectability; Turn unit extension

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644507147     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445605054403     Document Type: Article

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