"that's true, although not really, but still" : Expressing concession in spoken English

Cause - Condition - Concession - Contrast: Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 411-438

  Barth, Dagmar ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110219043.4.411     Document Type: Chapter

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