Telling it like it isn't - Exploring an instance of pragmatic ambivalence in supervisory discourse

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 531-544

  Wajnryb, Ruth ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

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EID: 0032062543     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(97)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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