Stating and supporting opinions in an interview: L1 and L2 Japanese speakers

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 541-556

  Iwasaki, Noriko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modality expressions; Oral proficiency interview; Stating opinions

Indexed keywords

EID: 72349097952     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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