A phrase well turned: Creative facility in narrative production

Communication Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-134

  Greene, John O ^a   Morgan, Melanie ^a   McCullough, Jennifer ^b   Gill, Elizabeth ^c   Graves, Angela R ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action assembly theory; Communication skill; Creative facility; Message production; Speech fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751518167     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970903400329     Document Type: Article

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