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On the power of the complaint and the complaints of the disempowered 抱怨的力量和被剥夺权力者的抱怨

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2023-01-19 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01501004

Asha Tickoo

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The sociopragmatics of compliment in the media discourse 媒体话语中赞美的社会语用学

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2023-01-19 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01501003

Chih-Chen Tang

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Editorial Note 编者按语

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2023-01-19 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01501001

Piotr Cap

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‘Dear Dr John Smith. I refuse to obey this mark. That’s mean. So, can you give me a higher mark?’ 亲爱的约翰·史密斯博士。我拒绝服从这个标志。这是意思。所以，你能给我一个更高的分数吗?”

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01401001

David Rodríguez Velasco

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Political dialogue across time, space and genres 跨越时间、空间和流派的政治对话

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2022-06-23 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01402004

P. Chilton, Monika Kopytowska

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Online comments as inwards and outwards-directed acts in Polish and English 在线评论是波兰语和英语的内向和外向行为

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2022-06-23 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01402005

Barbara - Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk

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Exploring the didactic-psychological features of the dialogical discourse patterns in an online classroom context 探讨在线课堂语境下对话式话语模式的教学心理特征

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2022-06-23 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01402007

K. Hajiyeva, M. Mammadov

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Dialogical humour in evening service encounters in the hospitality industry in Seville, Spain 在塞维利亚，西班牙的酒店行业晚上服务遇到对话式幽默

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2022-06-23 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01402002

M. Cruz

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Shades of green 绿色的阴影

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2022-06-23 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01402001

D. Ponton

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Refashioning Chinese búshì (不是) rhetoricals 重塑中国的búshì修辞学

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International Review of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2022-06-23 DOI: 10.1163/18773109-01402006

Andrew H.C. Chuang

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