Natural speech vs. elicited data: A comparison of natural and role play requests in Mexican Spanish

Spanish in Context

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-185

  Félix Brasdefer, J César ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Natural data; Reliability; Requests; Role plays; Speech acts; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849100519     PISSN: 15710718     EISSN: 15710726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sic.4.2.03fel     Document Type: Article

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