Request strategies in British English and Japanese

Language Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 671-688

  Fukushima, Saeko ^a  

^a TSURU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

British English; Japanese; Politeness; Requests; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142260105     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0388-0001(96)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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