Complainable matters: the use of idiomatic expressions in making complaints
by Paul Drew, Elizabeth Holt
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Reference:
Paul Drew, Elizabeth Holt, (1988), "Complainable matters: the use of idiomatic expressions in making complaints", Social Problems, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 398–417.
Bibtex Entry:
@ARTICLE{Drew1988,
  author = "Paul Drew and Elizabeth Holt", 
  doi = "10.2307/800594", 
  keywords = "EMCA, Idioms, Complaint", 
  journal = "Social Problems", 
  number = "4", 
  pages = "398–417", 
  title = "Complainable matters: the use of idiomatic expressions in making complaints", 
  url = "https://academic.oup.com/socpro/article/35/4/398/1658328", 
  volume = "35", 
  year = "1988", 
}