Interpreting discourse: Coherence and the analysis of ethnographic interviews
Discourse ProcessesPublished 1 January 1982
Michael Agar, Jerry R. Hobbs
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(1982). Interpreting discourse: Coherence and the analysis of ethnographic interviews. Discourse Processes: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-32.
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