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Handbook of Pragmatics: 23rd Annual Installment
Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren
[Handbook of Pragmatics 23] 2020
► pp. 221–243

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| Aarhus University
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Speech acts
  • 3.Grice’s cooperative principle
  • 4.Deixis
  • 5.Reference
  • 6.Politeness and honorifics
  • 7.Conclusions
  • References
Published online: 20 November 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.23.uni2
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