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Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual
Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
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Historical pragmatics

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Origins
  • 3.Data problems
  • 4.Topics
    • 4.1Discourse markers
    • 4.2Speech acts
    • 4.3Politeness
  • 5.New perspectives
  • References
Published online: 3 October 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.his2
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