Managing counterinformings: An interactional practice for soliciting information that facilitates reconciliation of speakers' incompatible positions

Human Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-587

  Robinson, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349328276     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2009.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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