The role of intimacy in the production and perception of relationship talk within courtship

Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 211-241

  Knobloch, Leanne K ^a   Solomon, Denise Haunani ^b   Theiss, Jennifer A ^c,d  

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

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation; Courtship; Intimacy; Relationship talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745614899     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650206289148     Document Type: Article

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