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Modifying illocutionary force
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- Authors
- Holmes, J.
- Venue
- Journal of Pragmatics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1984-06
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 345-365
- ISSN
- 0378-2166 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1978541018
- Cited by
- 593
- References
- 27
- FWCI
- 4.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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