Pragmatic transfer in Thai EFL refusals

RELC Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-337

  Wannaruk, Anchalee ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Interlanguage pragmatics; Pragmatic transfer; Refusals; Speech acts; Thai

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149633969     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033688208096844     Document Type: Article

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