"So, what test do you prefer?" Negotiating politic behaviour in an L2 prenatal genetic counselling setting in Hong Kong

Journal of Politeness Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-51

  Zayts, Olga ^a   Kang, M Agnes ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Genetic counselling; Informed choice; L2 context; Non native speaker interaction; Nondirective counselling; Politic behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950224256     PISSN: 16125681     EISSN: 16134877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPLR.2009.003     Document Type: Article

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