Politeness and empathic communication in EL1-EIL speech situations

This paper focuses on an aspect of English as an International Language (EIL) which to date does not seem to have received the attention it deserves - that is, its status as an increasingly recognisable and distinct variety of English. It suggests that EIL can be categorised in ways analogous to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Conlan, Chris
Other Authors: Dr Katie Dunworth
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34804