A case study examining backchannels in conversations between Japanese-British dyads

Multilingua

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-274

  Cutrone, Pino ^a  

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EID: 34248707344     PISSN: 01678507     EISSN: 16133684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mult.2005.24.3.237     Document Type: Article

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