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Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual
Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
► pp. 1472–1496

Variational pragmatics

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Pragmatic coordinates
    • 2.1The scope of pragmatics
    • 2.2The place in pragmatics
    • 2.3Levels of pragmatic analysis
  • 3.Variational coordinates
    • 3.1Variation and identity
    • 3.2Pragmatic variation
    • 3.3What is a pragmatic variable?
  • 4.Methodological concerns
    • 4.1Some basic principles
    • 4.2Data
  • 5.Development
    • 5.1History
    • 5.2Research trends
  • 6.Perspectives
  • References
Published online: 3 October 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.var1
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