Alternate and complementary perspectives on language and social life: The organization of repair in two Caribbean communities

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-503

  Sidnell, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Comparative studies; Conversation analysis; Linguistic anthropology; Repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849124433     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2008.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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