A Study of the Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Interpretability of Standard Marine Communication Phrases as Perceived by Chinese Mariners

Worldwide, mariners use a variety of English as an International Language known as Maritime English regardless of the first language spoken by the crew or port in which they enter. English knowledge and ability is therefore critical to a mariner's livelihood at sea and is also mandated by the I...

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Main Author: Holland, Lillian Christine
Format: Others
Published: PDXScholar 2016
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Online Access:http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3123
http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4134&context=open_access_etds