Universal and culture-specific properties of greetings

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-97

  Duranti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84937262435     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jlin.1997.7.1.63     Document Type: Article

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