Investigating instrument-based pragmatic variability: Effects of enhancing discourse completion tests

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 517-552

  Billmyer, Kristine ^a   Varghese, Manka ^a  

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EID: 0034360561     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/21.4.517     Document Type: Article

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