Interlanguage refusals: Linguistic politeness and length of residence in the target community

Language Learning

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 587-653

  Félix Brasdefer, J César ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10444231979     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2004.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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