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Houtkoop-Steenstra, Hanneke. 1986. Opening sequences in Dutch telephone conversation.

Publication type

Working paper

Publication language

English

Keywords

telephone conversation

Language as a subject

Dutch

Annotation

H. argues that Dutch openings of telephone conversation differ from American ones. Dutch openings start with a self-identification sequence: first by the answerer and then by the caller.