Concessive patterns in conversation

Cause - Condition - Concession - Contrast: Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 381-410

  Couper Kuhlen, Elizabeth ^a   Thompson, Sandra A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110219043.4.381     Document Type: Chapter

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