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19 - Multi-competence and personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

By
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Edited by
Vivian Cook  and
Li Wei
Vivian Cook
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Li Wei
Affiliation:
Institute of Education, University College London
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The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Multi-Competence , pp. 403 - 419
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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