acquire along with sheer linguistic abilities. And these competencies consist in the
knowledge of the patterns, routines, and rules of conversation, which we share as members …

Background Despite comparable clinical outcomes, therapists and patients express
reservations about the delivery of psychological therapy by telephone. These concerns …

Oxford Socio-Legal Studies is a series of books and conference proceedings published by
the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford (a research unit of the Social …

Peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor‐γ (PPAR‐γ) plays a critical role in glucose and
lipid metabolism. More recently, PPAR‐γ ligands have been reported to inhibit the …

This article considers spoken interaction in semi-structured qualitative research interviews,
comparing those that are conducted by telephone or face-to-face. It draws upon recent …

When speakers initiate repair on the talk of co-participants in conversation, they may use
repair initiation forms which locate the specific source of trouble (the repairable) in the prior …

In this article, we explore the syntactic forms speakers use when making requests. An initial
investigation of ordinary telephone calls between family and friends and out-of-hours calls to …

This paper concerns the verbal activity of'teasing'; that is, mocking but playful jibes against
someone. The particular phenomenon investigated is that of'po-faced'responses to teasing …

Background & Aims: We set out to test the hypothesis that irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is
characterized by an augmented cellular immune response with enhanced production of …

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a form of cellular plasticity that is critical for
embryonic development and tumor metastasis. A double-negative feedback loop involving …