The Right connections: Acknowledging epistemic progression in talk

Language in Society

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-341

  Gardner, Rod ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epistemic token; Listener; Medical discourse; Response tokens; Talk in interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249031538     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404507070169     Document Type: Article

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