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Don’t be cheeky': requests, directives and being a child

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Don’t be cheeky': requests, directives and being a child. / Sealey, Alison.
In: Journal of Sociolinguistics, Vol. 3, No. 1, 02.1999, p. 24-40.

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Sealey, A 1999, 'Don’t be cheeky': requests, directives and being a child', Journal of Sociolinguistics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 24-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9481.00061

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Sealey, A. (1999). Don’t be cheeky': requests, directives and being a child. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 3(1), 24-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9481.00061

Vancouver

Sealey A. Don’t be cheeky': requests, directives and being a child. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 1999 Feb;3(1):24-40. doi: 10.1111/1467-9481.00061

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Sealey, Alison. / Don’t be cheeky' : requests, directives and being a child. In: Journal of Sociolinguistics. 1999 ; Vol. 3, No. 1. pp. 24-40.

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