Introduction published In:
Vagueness and Elasticity of 'Sort of' in TV Discussion Discourse in the Asian PacificEdited by Vahid Parvaresh and Grace Zhang
[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 29:1] 2019
► pp. 2–8
Edited by Vahid Parvaresh and Grace Zhang
[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 29:1] 2019
► pp. 2–8
Introduction
‘Sort of’ across languages of the Asia and Oceania regions
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