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The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse

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ID7497845
AuthorsAlice F Freed (corresponding author), Alice Freed, Susan Ehrlich
Year2010
Pages356
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
Venue"Why do you ask?" (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306897.001.0001
OpenAlexW1272807167
Open LibraryOL23165409M
ISBN9780195306897
LanguageEN
Citations received206

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