Questions in academic ELF interaction

Journal of English as a Lingua Franca

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-119

  Björkman, Beyza ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

communicative effectiveness; dialogue; English as a lingua franca; intonation; monologue; questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909070876     PISSN: 21919216     EISSN: 2191933X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jelf-2012-0005     Document Type: Article

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