Intersections and interactions: Diachronic corpus pragmatics

Jucker, Andreas H.; Taavitsainen, Irma

doi:10.1075/pbns.243.03juc

Part of

Diachronic Corpus Pragmatics
Edited by Irma Taavitsainen, Andreas H. Jucker and Jukka Tuominen
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 243] 2014
► pp. 3–26

Diachronic corpus pragmatics

Intersections and interactions

Andreas H. Jucker | University of Zurich

Irma Taavitsainen | University of Helsinki

Published online: 11 March 2014

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.243.03juc

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