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Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual
Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
► pp. 35–37

Action theory

Article outline
  • 1.Definition and ascription of action
  • 2.Criteria for action
  • 3.Other concepts associated with action
  • 4.Typologies of action
  • References
Published online: 3 October 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.act1
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