The Pragmatics of Making Requests in the L2 Workplace: A Case Study of Language Socialization

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-87

  Li, Duanduan ^a  

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EID: 0347014849     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.57.1.58     Document Type: Article

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