Indirectness in L1 and L2 academic writing

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-386

  Hinkel, Eli ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031092735     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(96)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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