Andreas H. Jucker & Irma Taavitsainen. English Historical Pragmatics
[Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language – Advanced]. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780748644681 236 pp.

Reviewed by

Joanna Kopaczyk | University of Edinburgh and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan

Published online: 28 January 2016

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