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Publication details [#12185]

Aijmer, Karin. 1996. Conversational Routines in English: Convention and Creativity. (Studies in language and linguistics). Longman. xvi + 251 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
apologizing | conventionality | discourse marker | idiom | offering | requesting | thanking
Language as a subject
English
ISBN
0-582-08211-0

Annotation

This study provides a discoursal and pragmatic account of common expressions in conversational routines, such as apologizing, thanking, requesting, offering.

Reviewed by

Dwyer, Dianne. 2000. Review of $Conversational Routines in English: Convention and Creativity.
Kuiper, Koenraad. 1998. Review of $Conversational Routines in English: Convention and Creativity.
Holt, Elizabeth. 1998. Review of $Conversational Routines in English: Convention and Creativity.