Maintaining shared knowledge of acquaintance: Methods people use to establish who knows whom

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 605-621

  Ekberg, Stuart ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquaintance; Conversation analysis; Intersubjectivity; Person reference; Recognition; Repair; Social network; Third parties

Indexed keywords

FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

COMMUNICATION; FRIENDS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84918535580     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12050     Document Type: Article

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