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Journal of Historical PragmaticsVol. 16:2 (2015) ► pp.321–326
Book review
. English Historical Pragmatics [Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language – Advanced]. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780748644681 236 pp.
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