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Karin Aijmer, Conversational routines in English: Convention and creativity. London & New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 1996. Pp. xvi, 251. Hb £40.00, pb £16.99.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2012

Elizabeth Holt
Elizabeth Holt
Affiliation:
Humanities, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, England, [email protected]
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Language in Society , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 387 - 389
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