Phatic communication and Relevance Theory: A reply to Ward & Horn

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 565-577

  Žegarac, Vlad ^a   Clark, Billy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937186968     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226799007707     Document Type: Article

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