What's the magic word: Learning language through politeness routinesFootnote∗

This research was supported in part by grant #BNS 75–21909 from the National Science Foundation. We wish to thank Patricia Moylan for her help in preparing the transcripts. A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the Southeast Conference on Human Development in Alexandria, VA, April, 1980.

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