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Publication details [#11879]

Hinkel, Eli. 1997. Indirectness in L1 and L2 Academic Writing. Journal of Pragmatics 27 (3) : 361–386. 16 pp.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166

Annotation

A comparison of L1 and L2 English speakers' use of indirectness devices in academic writing shows that nonnative speakers use specific devices more frequently than native speakers do, while other devices are equally used by both subject groups.