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Jef Verschueren, What people say they do with words. (Advances in Discourse Processes, XIV.) Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1985. Pp. x + 265.

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Jef Verschueren, What people say they do with words. (Advances in Discourse Processes, XIV.) Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1985. Pp. x + 265.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Anna Wierzbicka
Anna Wierzbicka
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Department of Linguistics, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Language in Society , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , March 1988 , pp. 108 - 113
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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