Contingency and Action: A Comparison of Two Forms of Requesting
Research on Language and Social InteractionPublished 9 May 2008Open access
Traci S. Curl, Paul Drew
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This article was published in the journal, Research on Language and Social Interaction [© Routledge (Taylor & Francis)] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08351810802028613
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