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Publication details [#28409]

Gavioli, Laura. 1995. Turn-initial versus turn-final laughter: Two techniques for initiating remedy in English/Italian bookshop service encounters. Discourse Processes 19 (3) : 369–384.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bookshop service encounter | crosslinguistic perspective | language and culture | laughter | problem solving

Language as a subject

English | Italian

Place, Publisher

Ablex Publishing Company

ISBN

0163-853X

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This paper compares patterns of laughter as remedial sequences in English and Italian bookshop service encounters, distinguishing between turn-initial and turn-final organization of laughter.