Expressing commitment when asking multiunit questions in parliamentary debates: English-Russian parallels

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-371

  Sivenkova, Maria ^a,b  

^a Minsk State Linguistic University   (Belarus)

^b School of Intercultural Communication   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Commitment; Cross cultural debates; Institutional discourse; Multiunit questions; Parliamentary debates; Sequential organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149107029     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X08322478     Document Type: Article

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