A critique of levinson’s view of q- and m-inferences in historical pragmatics

Journal of Historical Pragmatics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-26

  Traugott, Elizabeth Closs ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26444500983     PISSN: 15665852     EISSN: 15699854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jhp.5.1.02clo     Document Type: Article

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