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Newsmarks from a crosslinguistic perspective: Introduction 跨语言视角下的新闻标志：导论

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2026.01.006

Michal Marmorstein, Beatrice Szczepek-Reed

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A recipient-centered perception model for speech act analysis: Insights from compliments on screen 以接受者为中心的言语行为分析感知模型：来自屏幕上赞美的见解

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2026.01.003

Fang Xie

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Presupposition, assertion, and epistemic vigilance across development 贯穿发展的预设、断言和认知警惕

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2026.01.001

Giulia Giunta , Maria Roccaforte , Nausicaa Pouscoulous , Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri

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Corrigendum to “Appraising impoliteness on X: A case study of Isabel Díaz Ayuso” [J Pragmat 254 (2026) 1–15] “对X的不礼貌评价：以Isabel Ayuso为例”[J] .中文信息学报，2004(2):1-15。

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2026.02.004

Sergei Sikorskii, María Luisa Carrió-Pastor

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Tweeting war and peace: Linguistic analysis of pro- and anti-war messages on Russian Twitter 推特上的战争与和平：俄语推特上支持和反战信息的语言分析

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.007

Natalia Tyulina

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The meanings of social meaning 社会意义的意义

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.005

Marina Terkourafi

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Compliments in telephone and chat counselling 电话和聊天咨询中的赞美

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.009

Maartje Roodzant , Bogdana Humă , Wyke Stommel , Marie Rickert

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The use of prosody and facial expressions in irony comprehension by Mandarin-speaking preschoolers 汉语学龄前儿童反语理解中韵律和面部表情的运用

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.013

Fuyan Zhu, Qianxi Yu, Shanpeng Li, Ping Tang

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Meaning is change 意义就是改变

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.006

Penelope Eckert

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Style shifts into an informal speech style in L1-L2 Korean interactions 在L1-L2的韩语互动中，风格转变为非正式的演讲风格

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.12.008

Devon Renfroe, Khaled Al Masaeed

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