Negotiating silence in american classrooms: Three chinese cases

Language and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-54

  Liu, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 85019525758     PISSN: 14708477     EISSN: 1747759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14708470208668074     Document Type: Article

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