Troubles announcements and reasons for calling: Initial actions in opening sequences in calls to a national children's helpline

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-87

  Emmison, Michael ^a   Danby, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 34249942996     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08351810701331273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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