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The Variables Controlled in the Discourse Completion Task

The Variables Controlled in the Discourse Completion Task

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In the present study, we investigate the potential effects of first language negative pragmatic transfer and target language proficiency on Moroccan EFL learners' pragmatic competence as reflected in their request productions. The data were collected by means of a written discourse completion task from four samples of Moroccan Arabic native speaker...

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