The pragmatic variable: Toward a procedural interpretation

Language in Society

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-372

  Terkourafi, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 79959312618     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404511000212     Document Type: Article

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