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Studies in Language
Vol. 26:1 (2002) ► pp. 201–215
Book review

Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen & Bernd Kortmann (eds.). Cause, Condition, Concession, Contrast. Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives
[Topics in English Linguistics, 33]. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2000. 475 pp.

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Published online: 21 June 2002
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.26.1.11zie
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