Apologies in the history of English: Routinized and lexicalized expressions of responsibility and regret

Jucker, Andreas H.; Taavitsainen, Irma

doi:10.1075/pbns.176.12juc

In:Speech Acts in the History of English
Edited by Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 176] 2008
► pp. 229–244

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Apologies in the history of English: Routinized and lexicalized expressions of responsibility and regret

Andreas H. Jucker

Irma Taavitsainen

Published online: 10 April 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.176.12juc

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