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Book Title: Conversational Routines In English: Convention And Creativit...
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Conversational Routines in English : Convention and Creativity
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 1996
Subject: Communication Studies, Linguistics / Semantics, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Speech, General, Semiotics & Theory, Linguistics / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Computers, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Karin Aijmer
Item Length: 5.4 in
Series: Studies in Language and Linguistics Ser.
Item Width: 8.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
