'Looking out for love and all the rest of it': Vague category markers as shared social space

Vague Language Explored

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 138-157

  Evison, Jane ^a   McCarthy, Michael ^a,b,c   O'Keeffe, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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EID: 85015349825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230627420     Document Type: Chapter

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