Pragmatic transferability

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-223

  Takahashi, Satomi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85006672904     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263100014881     Document Type: Article

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