In:Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual
Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
► pp. 130–133
Catastrophe theory
Published online: 3 October 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.cat1
https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.cat1
Article outline
- 1.Background
- 2.Applications in pragmatics
- 3.Generalized catastrophes
Note References
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