‘I don't quite follow’: Making sense of a modifier

Language Awareness

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-109

  Hyland, Ken ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 85009596765     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658416.1996.9959895     Document Type: Article

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