Apologizing to China: Elastic apologies and the meta-discourse of American diplomats

Intercultural Pragmatics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-74

  Glinert, Lewis ^a  

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EID: 77950111774     PISSN: 1612295X     EISSN: 1613365X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IPRG.2010.003     Document Type: Article

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