Question-response sequences in conversation across ten languages: An introduction

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2615-2619

  Enfield, N J ^a,b,c   Stivers, Tanya ^a   Levinson, Stephen C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Donders Institute for Brain   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77954542315     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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