Students writing emails to faculty: An examination of E-politeness among native and non-native speakers of English

Language Learning and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 59-81

  Biesenbach Lucas, Sigrun ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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