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The Presentation and Practice of the Communicative Act of Requesting in Textbooks: Focusing on Modifiers

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Usó-Juan, E. (2008). The Presentation and Practice of the Communicative Act of Requesting in Textbooks: Focusing on Modifiers. In: Soler, E.A., Jordà, M.S. (eds) Intercultural Language Use and Language Learning. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5639-0_12

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