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“im embarrassed 2 say lol”: The functions of lol in online groomer-decoy interactions “我不好意思说lol”：lol在在线新郎-诱饵互动中的作用

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.015

Sofia Navarro Beck

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“Do you have a conscience?”: Ostensible offence in hybrid interactions of live streaming commerce “你有良心吗？”：直播商业混合互动的明显违规行为

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.012

Ping Liu , Linlin Yang

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How gender affects compliments in Italian 性别如何影响意大利语中的赞美

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.009

Giovanna Alfonzetti, Giulio Scivoletto

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Comparison between Chinese and Japanese self-praise on social media 中国人和日本人在社交媒体上的自我表扬比较

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-08-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.006

Wei Ren , Saeko Fukushima , Yaping Guo

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Concordant assertoric nods: Embodiment of epistemic insistence 一致的断言点头：认识论坚持的体现

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2025.07.003

Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu , John Heritage

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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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