Developing pragmatic competence in a study abroad context

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Developing pragmatic competence in a study abroad context. / Barron, Anne.

Developmental and Clinical Pragmatics. ed. / Klaus P. Schneider; Elly Ifantidou. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020. p. 429-474 16 (Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS]; Vol. 13).

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Barron, A 2020, Developing pragmatic competence in a study abroad context. in KP Schneider & E Ifantidou (eds), Developmental and Clinical Pragmatics., 16, Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS], vol. 13, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin, pp. 429-474. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110431056-017

APA

Barron, A. (2020). Developing pragmatic competence in a study abroad context. In K. P. Schneider, & E. Ifantidou (Eds.), Developmental and Clinical Pragmatics (pp. 429-474). [16] (Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS]; Vol. 13). Walter de Gruyter GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110431056-017

Vancouver

Barron A. Developing pragmatic competence in a study abroad context. In Schneider KP, Ifantidou E, editors, Developmental and Clinical Pragmatics. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 2020. p. 429-474. 16. (Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS]). doi: 10.1515/9783110431056-017

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