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Edited by Sigurd D’hondt, Pedro Gras, Mieke Vandenbroucke and Frank Brisard
[Handbook of Pragmatics 26] 2023
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Activity types and pragmatic acts

Published online: 16 October 2023
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Article outline
  • 1.A bit of history
  • 2.From speech activity to social situation
  • 3.“Indirect” speech acts: Existential problems?
  • 4.From indirect speech acts to pragmatic acts
  • 5.Practs and IPRAs
  • 6.Negotiation in Hebron A. D. 3000: A pragmeme at work
  • 7.Concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix
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