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In:Language and Violence: Pragmatic perspectives
Edited by Daniel N. Silva
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 279] 2017
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Investigating violence in language

An introduction

Published online: 9 November 2017
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Article outline
  • 1.Why pairing violence and language?
  • 2.Violence and the limits of signification
  • 3.Violence and conflict as loci of theorization about language
  • 4.Violence and some tenets of pragmatics
  • 5.The general approach
  • 6.Chapters on language and violence
  • Notes
  • References
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