Explanations and communicative constraints in naturally occurring discourse
The subject matter of this thesis are some aspects of the expression of explanations in spoken discourse. The study of explanations has occupied the attention of many researchers in social psychology and in neighbouring disciplines; the study of talk has occupied an even greater number. In the thesi...
Main Author: | Rae, John Patrick |
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University of Leeds
1989
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.329506 |
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