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Publication details [#39013]

Wilkins, D. 1986. Particle/clitics for criticism and complaint in Mparntwe Arrernte (Aranda). Journal of Pragmatics 10 (5) : 575–596.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This paper discusses how the illocutionary force of criticism and/or complaint expressed through the use of particle/clitics in Mparntwe Arrernte, is a function of a combination of their meaning, their culture specific pragmatics, and the linguistic and extra-linguistic contexts of their use.