How to say no: an analysis of cross-cultural difference and pragmatic transfer

Language Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-493

  Chang, Yuh Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese English; Interlanguage refusal; Pragmatic transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749110490     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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