Causes and paralinguistic correlates of interpersonal equivocation

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1430-1441

  Bello, Richard ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance avoidance conflict; Dysfluencies; Equivocation; Filled pauses; Formality; Interpersonal communication; Paralinguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745233310     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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