Acquaintanceship, familiarity, and coordinated laughter in writing tutorials

Linguistics and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-350

  Thonus, Terese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic writing tutorials; Acquaintanceship; English; Familiarity; Laughter; Tutor student interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449103399     PISSN: 08985898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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