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Introduction published In: Vagueness and Elasticity of 'Sort of' in TV Discussion Discourse in the Asian Pacific
Edited by Vahid Parvaresh and Grace Zhang
[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 29:1] 2019
► pp. 2–8

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Introduction

‘Sort of’ across languages of the Asia and Oceania regions

 | Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom
 | Curtin University, Australia


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Published online: 16 May 2019
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