Direct complaints in (Italian) calls to the ambulance: The use of negatively framed questions

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2465-2478

  Monzoni, Chiara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct complaints; Institutional interaction; Italian; Negatively framed questions; Preference organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350366899     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.09.042     Document Type: Article

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