Silence is talk: Conversational silence in Australian Aboriginal talk-in-interaction

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2033-2052

  Mushin, Ilana ^a   Gardner, Rod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aboriginal languages; Conversation analysis; Silence; Turn taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149176837     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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