Language on the edge of the global: Communicative competence, agency, and the complexity of the local

Language and Communication

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 463-471

  Besnier, Niko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agency; Communicative competence; Globalization; Intersubjectivity; Polynesia; Tonga

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887618390     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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