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Fictional characterisation. / Culpeper, Jonathan Vaughan; Fernandez Quintanilla, Carolina.
Pragmatics of Fiction. ed. / Miriam A. Locher; Andreas H. Jucker. Vol. 12 Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2017. p. 93-128 (Handbooks of Pragmatics; Vol. 12).

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Culpeper, JV & Fernandez Quintanilla, C 2017, Fictional characterisation. in MA Locher & AH Jucker (eds), Pragmatics of Fiction. vol. 12, Handbooks of Pragmatics, vol. 12, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 93-128. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110431094-004

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Culpeper, J. V., & Fernandez Quintanilla, C. (2017). Fictional characterisation. In M. A. Locher, & A. H. Jucker (Eds.), Pragmatics of Fiction (Vol. 12, pp. 93-128). (Handbooks of Pragmatics; Vol. 12). Mouton de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110431094-004

Vancouver

Culpeper JV, Fernandez Quintanilla C. Fictional characterisation. In Locher MA, Jucker AH, editors, Pragmatics of Fiction. Vol. 12. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 2017. p. 93-128. (Handbooks of Pragmatics). doi: 10.1515/9783110431094-004

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Culpeper, Jonathan Vaughan ; Fernandez Quintanilla, Carolina. / Fictional characterisation. Pragmatics of Fiction. editor / Miriam A. Locher ; Andreas H. Jucker. Vol. 12 Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter, 2017. pp. 93-128 (Handbooks of Pragmatics).

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