Part of
Handbook of Pragmatics: 23rd Annual InstallmentEdited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren
[Handbook of Pragmatics 23] 2020
► pp. 221–243
Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren
[Handbook of Pragmatics 23] 2020
► pp. 221–243
Universals
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Speech acts
- 3.Grice’s cooperative principle
- 4.Deixis
- 5.Reference
- 6.Politeness and honorifics
- 7.Conclusions
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