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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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The pragmatic perspective

Article outline
  • 1.Pragmatics and its formative traditions
  • 2.Pragmatics as a repository of interesting topics
  • 3.The problem of delimitation
  • 4.On dimensions, perspectives, methodology, and evidence
  • 5.A functional perspective on language
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 3 October 2022
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