On the pragmatic nature of causal and contrastive connectives

Discourse Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-85

  Oversteegen, Leonoor E ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 10444283080     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638539709545007     Document Type: Article

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