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Article published In: Critical perspectives on intercultural communication
Edited by Michael Meeuwis
[Pragmatics 4:3] 1994
► pp. 391–408

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Leniency and testiness in intercultural communication

Remarks on ideology and context in interactional sociolinguistics

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Published online: 1 September 1994
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