Vocatives: A double-edged strategy in intercultural discourse among graduate students

Pragmatics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-122

  Axelson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Co construction of identity; English for academic purposes; Intercultural communication; Interculturality; NS NNS interaction; Vocatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249879577     PISSN: 10182101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/prag.17.1.04axe     Document Type: Article

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