Where pragmatics and dialectology meet: Introducing variational pragmatics

Schneider, Klaus P.; Barron, Anne

doi:10.1075/pbns.178.02sch

In:Variational Pragmatics: A focus on regional varieties in pluricentric languages
Edited by Klaus P. Schneider and Anne Barron
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 178] 2008
► pp. 1–32

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Where pragmatics and dialectology meet: Introducing variational pragmatics

Klaus P. Schneider

Anne Barron

Published online: 13 May 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.178.02sch

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