Linguistic markers of social distance and proximity

Social Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 389-408

  Semin, Gün R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84920646128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837702     Document Type: Chapter

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