Comparing single and double sayings of the German response Token ja and the role of prosody: A conversation analytic perspective

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-270

  Golato, Andrea ^a   Fagyal, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 51149087693     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08351810802237834     Document Type: Article

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