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Publication details [#14204]

Korolija, Natascha. 2000. Coherence-inducing strategies in conversations amongst the aged. Journal of Pragmatics 32 (4) : 425–462.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166

Annotation

This article examines coherence patterns in multiparty, institutionalized conversations amongst the aged (80+). The findings reveal that repetitive discourse strategies like recurrent use of topicality and routinized responses are most frequently employed to construct coherence.