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Silva-Corvalán, Carmen. 1989. The pragmastylistics of hypothetical discourse. In Hickey, Leo, ed. The pragmatics of style. Routledge. pp. 87–105.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English

Annotation

S. analyses socio-pragmatic factors influencing the ways in which speakers choose to express their attitude towards the possibility that the contents of a proposition may be true in a hypothetical (past-present-future) world.