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Cross-cultural variation in the perception of impoliteness: a study of impoliteness events reported by students in England, China, Finland, Germany and Turkey.

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Cross-cultural variation in the perception of impoliteness: a study of impoliteness events reported by students in England, China, Finland, Germany and Turkey. / Culpeper, Jonathan; Marti, Leyla; Mei, Meilian et al.
In: Intercultural Pragmatics, Vol. 7, No. 4, 10.2010, p. 597-624.

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Culpeper, J, Marti, L, Mei, M, Nevala, M & Schauer, G 2010, 'Cross-cultural variation in the perception of impoliteness: a study of impoliteness events reported by students in England, China, Finland, Germany and Turkey.', Intercultural Pragmatics, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 597-624. https://doi.org/10.1515/IPRG.2010.027

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Culpeper, J., Marti, L., Mei, M., Nevala, M., & Schauer, G. (2010). Cross-cultural variation in the perception of impoliteness: a study of impoliteness events reported by students in England, China, Finland, Germany and Turkey. Intercultural Pragmatics, 7(4), 597-624. https://doi.org/10.1515/IPRG.2010.027

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Culpeper J, Marti L, Mei M, Nevala M, Schauer G. Cross-cultural variation in the perception of impoliteness: a study of impoliteness events reported by students in England, China, Finland, Germany and Turkey. Intercultural Pragmatics. 2010 Oct;7(4):597-624. doi: 10.1515/IPRG.2010.027

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Culpeper, Jonathan ; Marti, Leyla ; Mei, Meilian et al. / Cross-cultural variation in the perception of impoliteness : a study of impoliteness events reported by students in England, China, Finland, Germany and Turkey. In: Intercultural Pragmatics. 2010 ; Vol. 7, No. 4. pp. 597-624.

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