文档介绍：CONVERSATION FOR ACTION
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Denise E. Murray
Conversation for Action
CONVERSATION FOR ACTION
PUTER TERMINAL
AS MEDIUM MUNICATION
DENISE E. MURRAY
San José State University
JOHN BENJAMINS PANY
AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA
1991
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Murray, Denise E.
Conversation for action : puter terminal as medium munication /
Denise Murray.
p. cm. - (Pragmatics & beyond, ISSN 0922-842X ; new ser. 10)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. works. 2. munication. I. Title. II. Series.
1991
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Acknowledgments
This work reports on data collected at an IBM facility over an eight-month pe­
riod. During this p