Word Selection and Social Identities in Talk-in-Interaction

Communication Monographs

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-198

  Kitzinger, Celia ^a   Mandelbaum, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation Analysis; Interpersonal Communication; Intersubjectivity; Language and Social Interaction; Recipient Design; Repair; Specialist Terms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878129450     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2013.776171     Document Type: Article

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