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Publication details [#5735]

Kreckel, Marga. 1981. Tone units as message blocks in natural discourse: Segmentation of face-to-face interaction by naive, native speakers. Journal of Pragmatics 5 (5) : 459–476.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

content unit | conversation | tone unit

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Annotation

The two studies reported here show that coders base their decisions as to where particular messages start and end on tone unit boundaries.