Framing of requests in black South African English: ‘I am asking for a pen’

Kasanga, Luanga A.

doi:10.1075/pbns.100.14kas

In:Meaning Through Language Contrast: Volume 2
Edited by Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt and Ken Turner
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 100] 2003
► pp. 213–235

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‘I am asking for a pen’

Framing of requests in black South African English

Luanga A. Kasanga

Published online: 20 March 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.100.14kas

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