Cross-linguistic awareness of cultural keywords: A study of chinese and english speakers

Language Awareness

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 125-142

  Cortazzi, Martin ^a   Shen, Wei Wei ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009630411     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658410108667030     Document Type: Article

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