Contingency and action: A comparison of two forms of requesting

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-153

  Curl, Traci S ^a   Drew, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 45749106350     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08351810802028613     Document Type: Review

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