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In:Imperative Turns at Talk: The design of directives in action
Edited by Marja-Leena Sorjonen, Liisa Raevaara and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen
[Studies in Language and Social Interaction 30] 2017
► pp. 411–424

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Chapter 14
Epilogue

Imperatives – The language of immediate action

 | University of Freiburg
Published online: 18 August 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.30.14aue
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