Advice-implicative interrogatives: Building "client-centered" support in a children's helpline

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-287

  Butler, Carly W ^a   Potter, Jonathan ^a   Danby, Susan ^b   Emmison, Michael ^c   Hepburn, Alexa ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

advice; conversation analysis; counseling; helpline; questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649261459     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272510379838     Document Type: Article

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