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Publication details [#814]

Anwar, Mohamed S. 1981. Speech act and evasion. Grazer Linguistische Studien 14 : 7–24.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
conversational maxim | evasion | speech act

Annotation

Evasion is a most common and necessary device in everyday communication and may entail a violation of 'maxims of conversation'.