Seeking advice: Epistemic asymmetry and learner autonomy in writing conferences

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2004-2021

  Park, Innhwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Epistemic asymmetry; Higher education; I don't know; Learner autonomy; Question answer sequence; Writing conference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869889274     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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