Intercultural communication in English: Arguments for a cognitive approach to intercultural pragmatics

Intercultural Pragmatics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-321

  Wolf, Hans Georg ^a   Polzenhagen, Frank ^a  

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EID: 43249152141     PISSN: 1612295X     EISSN: 1613365X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IP.2006.018     Document Type: Article

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