Apologies: What do we know?

International Journal of Applied Linguistics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-231

  Meier, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84937179260     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.1998.tb00130.x     Document Type: Article

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