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Publication details [#3255]

Fillmore, Charles J. 1973. May we come in? Semiotica 9 : 97–116.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English

Annotation

An attempt to show, through an analysis of the sentence 'May we come in?', that a grammar should not only incorporate considerations on the form of utterances, but also on the function and use of utterances, if it is to be an adequate account of the speaker's knowledge.