Formulaic language, creativity, and language play in a second language

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-205

  Bell, Nancy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888023170     PISSN: 02671905     EISSN: 14716356     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1017/S0267190512000013     Document Type: Article

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