'Mate' as a term of address in ordinary interaction

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1201-1218

  Rendle Short, Johanna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Address term; Australian English; Conversation analysis; Mate; Sequential environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949491884     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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