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Publication details [#35988]

Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen and Beverly S. Hartford. 1990. Congruence in native and nonnative conversations: Status balance in the academic advising session. Language Learning 40 (4) : 467–501.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
The University of Michigan

Annotation

This study identifies pragmatic competence, involving the use of status-preserving discourse strategies, as a determining factor for success in native (versus nonnative) speaker institutional interactions.