The co-construction of a gatekeeping encounter: An inventory of verbal actions

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1942-1973

  Kerekes, Julie ^a  

^a Department of Curriculum Teaching and Learning   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co construction; Employment interviews; Gatekeeping encounters; Institutional discourse; Intercultural; Job interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948830566     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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