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Dijk, Teun A. Van. 1977. Pragmatic connectives. Interlanguage Studies Bulletin Utrecht 2 (2) : 77–93.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
In this paper, the pragmatic function of connectives is discussed. Whereas semantic connectives express relations between denoted facts, pragmatic connectives express relations between speech acts. This paper takes a closer look at the pragmatic connectives 'and', 'but', 'or', 'so', and 'if'.
