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Complainable Matters: The Use of Idiomatic Expressions in Making Complaints

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Paul Drew, Elizabeth Holt, Complainable Matters: The Use of Idiomatic Expressions in Making Complaints, Social Problems, Vol. 35, No. 4, Special Issue: Language, Interaction, and Social Problems (Oct., 1988), pp. 398-417

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