Address terms among university students in ghana: A case study

Language and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-91

  Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic english; Address terms; Communicative domains; Names; Titles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248695102     PISSN: 14708477     EISSN: 1747759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14708470608668909     Document Type: Article

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