Beginning to respond: Well-prefaced responses to wh-questions

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-115

  Schegloff, Emanuel A ^a   Lerner, Gene H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70449562583     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08351810902864511     Document Type: Article

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