Making requests by Chinese EFL learners /

Requests, a speech act people frequently use to perform everyday social interactions, have attracted particular attention in politeness theories, pragmatics, and second language acquisition. This book looks at request behaviours in a significant EFL population - Chinese-speaking learners of English....

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Main Author: Wang, Vincent X.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2011
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 207.
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