Pragmatic competence: The case of hedging

New Approaches to Hedging

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 15-34

  Fraser, Bruce ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80455170533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789004253247_003     Document Type: Chapter

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