Japanese culture constructed by discourses: Implications for applied linguistics research and ELT

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-35

  Kubota, Ryuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0002975012     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3588189     Document Type: Article

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