The case of new beginnings: Prosody and sequence organization in English conversation

Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth

doi:10.1075/tsl.62.17cou

In:Sound Patterns in Interaction: Cross-linguistic studies from conversation
Edited by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen and Cecilia E. Ford
[Typological Studies in Language 62] 2004
► pp. 335–376

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Prosody and sequence organization in English conversation

The case of new beginnings

Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen

Published online: 30 November 2004

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.62.17cou

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