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The content of informal conversations as a function of interactants' interpersonal cognitive complexity

Jesse G. Delia Professor and head of speech communication and research professor in the Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois, Urbana‐Champaign
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Ruth Anne Clark Associate professor of speech communication, University of Illinois, Urbana‐Champaign
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David E. Switzer Assistant professor of speech communication, Indiana University‐Purdue University, Fort Wayne
Pages 274-281 | Published online: 02 Jun 2009

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