Interjections, language, and the ‘showing/saying’ continuum

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-91

  Wharton, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interjections; Nonverbal communication; Pragmatics; Procedural meaning; Relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747196541     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.11.1.04wha     Document Type: Article

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