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The discourse marker allee in colloquial Belgian Dutch: A case of pragmatic borrowing 比利时荷兰语口语化中的话语标记allee：一个语用借用的例子

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.005

Lieven Buysse

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.010

Jingyao Chen, Hang Su

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Frames are for talking: Modeling interactants’ co-constructed semantic and pragmatic structures 框架用于对话：为交互者共同构建的语义和语用结构建模

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.004

Oliver Spiess

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Social identity and implicature: Exploring the pragmatics of transgender coming out narratives in videogames 社会身份和含义：探索电子游戏中跨性别者出柜叙事的语用学

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.007

Frazer Heritage

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.002

Xue Yao, Wei Ren

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A pragmatic analysis of discourse marker 넵 neyp ‘yep’ in Korean computer-mediated communication 韩语计算机媒介交际中话语标记词“是的”的语用分析

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.06.013

Mikyung Ahn , Foong Ha Yap

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How we are versus how we are feeling: The role of emotional intelligence and mood in reactions to impoliteness in L1 and L2 我们是如何与我们是如何感受的：情商和情绪在第一语言和第二语言中对不礼貌的反应中的作用

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.001

Nicola Claire McNab , Irini Mavrou

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Gender attribution trouble in interaction about a gender ambiguous robot 性别模糊机器人交互中的性别归因问题

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.06.012

Wyke Stommel , Lynn de Rijk , Mieke Breukelman , Evi Dalmaijer , Marie Rickert

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Finnish [verb repeat + vai]: Its use as a newsmark and a challenge 芬兰语[动词repeat + vai]：用作新闻标记和挑战

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.06.009

Aino Koivisto

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The pragmatics of online healthcare communication: Politeness strategies in an anxiety and depression support community 网络医疗沟通的语用学：焦虑抑郁支持社区的礼貌策略

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-07-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.06.010

Annalisa Federici

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