Intonation units and functional composition in Japanese conversational discourse

Functions of Language

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-194

  Matsumoto, Kazuko ^a  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

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EID: 84989395450     PISSN: 0929998X     EISSN: 15699765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/fol.6.2.02mat     Document Type: Article

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