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Handbook of Pragmatics: 23rd Annual Installment
Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren
[Handbook of Pragmatics 23] 2020
► pp. 111–138

Embodied interaction

| Linköping University
| Linköping University
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Turn construction
  • 3.Turn-taking
  • 4.Embodied sequential actions
  • 5.Multimodal formations
  • 6.Multisensoriality
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 20 November 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.23.emb2
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