Review published In:
DiachronicaVol. 15:1 (1998) ► pp.165–174
Book review
. Historical Pragmatics: Pragmatic Developments in the History of English [Pragmatics & Beyond, New Series, 35]. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Co., 1995. xvi, 623 pp.
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