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From sentence to sequence: Understanding the medical encounter through microinteractional analysis

Pages 135-170 | Published online: 11 Nov 2009

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  • I would especially like to thank Candace West for her thorough and thoughtful reading of this manuscript. I have also benfited from the useful comments and suggestions of Howard Beckman, Lori Brown, Doug Maynard, Tracy Paget, Mark Peyrot, David Steele, Deborah Tannen, and Dan Tomaszewski.

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