Behold the power of Qi: The importance of Qi in the discourse of acupuncture

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-440

  Ho, Evelyn Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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EID: 33846876295     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327973rlsi3904_3     Document Type: Article

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