Local identity processes in business meetings displayed through laughter in complaint sequences

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1556-1576

  Vöge, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Business interaction; Conversation Analysis; Hierarchy; Implicitness; Indirect complaint; Laughter; Multi person interaction; Seniority

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952743941     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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