A Contrastive Analysis of English and Persian Native Speakers' Use of Gambits

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Azizeh Chalak ¹ , Zahra Norouzi ²

1 - Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran

Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2014-09-01

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