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Journal of Historical PragmaticsVol. 2:2 (2001) ► pp.321–329
Book review
. Diachronic Pragmatics:Se ven Case Studies in English Illocutionary Development [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series;, 68]. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1999. ISBN 90-272-5083-9 191 pp.
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