Diachronic Pragmatics : Seven case studies in English illocutionary development.
The purpose of Diachronic Pragmatics is to exemplify historical pragmatics in its twofold sense of constituting both a subject matter and a methodology. This book demonstrates how diachronic pragmatics, with its complementary diachronic function-to-form mapping and diachronic form-to-function mappin...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2000.
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |