Differential uses of okay, right, and alright, and their function in signaling perspective shift or maintenance in a map task

Semiotica

Volumn 147, Issue , 2003, Pages 429-455

  Filipi, Anna ^a,b   Wales, Roger ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Council for Education

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EID: 4344650632     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.2003.102     Document Type: Article

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