This open access book provides new methodological and theoretical insights into temporal reference and its linguistic expression, from a cross-linguistic experi
This open access book provides new methodological and theoretical insights into temporal reference and its linguistic expression, from a cross-linguistic experi
This book presents both general issues in pragmatic theories and specific arguments for an inferential approach to pragmatics. At the present time, pragmatics i
This Element explores the role of pragmatics, and its relationship with meaning and grammar, in second language acquisition. Specifically, this Element examines
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