Pauses, gaps and overlaps in conversations

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-568

  Heldner, Mattias ^a   Edlund, Jens ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 78649325231     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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