Language with character: A stratified corpus comparison of individual differences in e-mail communication

Discourse Processes

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-270

  Oberlander, Jon ^a   Gill, Alastair J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33751107215     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp4203_1     Document Type: Article

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