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Epistemic stance in spoken L2 English: the effect of task and speaker style

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Epistemic stance in spoken L2 English: the effect of task and speaker style. / Gablasova, Dana; Brezina, Vaclav; McEnery, Tony et al.
In: Applied Linguistics, Vol. 38, No. 5, 01.10.2017, p. 613–637.

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Gablasova, D, Brezina, V, McEnery, T & Boyd, E 2017, 'Epistemic stance in spoken L2 English: the effect of task and speaker style', Applied Linguistics, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 613–637. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amv055

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Gablasova, D., Brezina, V., McEnery, T., & Boyd, E. (2017). Epistemic stance in spoken L2 English: the effect of task and speaker style. Applied Linguistics, 38(5), 613–637. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amv055

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Gablasova D, Brezina V, McEnery T, Boyd E. Epistemic stance in spoken L2 English: the effect of task and speaker style. Applied Linguistics. 2017 Oct 1;38(5):613–637. Epub 2015 Oct 31. doi: 10.1093/applin/amv055

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Gablasova, Dana ; Brezina, Vaclav ; McEnery, Tony et al. / Epistemic stance in spoken L2 English : the effect of task and speaker style. In: Applied Linguistics. 2017 ; Vol. 38, No. 5. pp. 613–637.

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