Deontic Authority in Interaction: The Right to Announce, Propose, and Decide

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-321

  Stevanovic, Melisa ^a   Peräkylä, Anssi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 84861329617     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08351813.2012.699260     Document Type: Article

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