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In:Levels of Linguistic Adaptation: Selected papers from the International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, August 1987
Edited by Jef Verschueren
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 6:2] 1991
► pp. v–vi

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Published online: 12 November 1991
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Table of contents

Prefacevii
On the contextualizing function of speech rhythm in conversation: Question-answer sequences1
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Explaining a missing modal meaning: Ideology and paradigm as pragmatic parameter19
Elements of morphopragmatics33
Switch reference anomalies and ‘topic’ in west greenlandic: A case of pragmatics over syntax53
Intonational phrases and syntactic focus domains81
A pragmatic analysis of control in Chinese113
Empathy as motivation for style shifting in narrative147
Pragmatic constraints on ambiguous text163
From syntax to pragmatics: Inalienable possession in Brazilian Portuguese173
On reference and deixis185
Contradiction and paradox in discourse195
On the language-internal interaction of prosody and pragmatic particles203
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Ethnolinguistic and interpretative concepts in explaining language shift223
Prolegomena to the pragmatics of “situational-intentional” varieties in Kilivila language235
The pragmatics of French newspaper headlines249
My mom and I are the best friends267
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References295
Index of names325
Index of subjects331
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