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Toward a typology of constative speech acts: actions beyond evidentiality, epistemic modality, and factuality

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Toward a typology of constative speech acts: actions beyond evidentiality, epistemic modality, and factuality. / Tantucci, Vittorio.
In: Intercultural Pragmatics, Vol. 13, No. 2, 07.06.2016, p. 181-209.

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Tantucci, V 2016, 'Toward a typology of constative speech acts: actions beyond evidentiality, epistemic modality, and factuality', Intercultural Pragmatics, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 181-209. https://doi.org/10.1515/ip-2016-0008

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Tantucci, V. (2016). Toward a typology of constative speech acts: actions beyond evidentiality, epistemic modality, and factuality. Intercultural Pragmatics, 13(2), 181-209. https://doi.org/10.1515/ip-2016-0008

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Tantucci V. Toward a typology of constative speech acts: actions beyond evidentiality, epistemic modality, and factuality. Intercultural Pragmatics. 2016 Jun 7;13(2):181-209. Epub 2016 Jun 7. doi: 10.1515/ip-2016-0008

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Tantucci, Vittorio. / Toward a typology of constative speech acts : actions beyond evidentiality, epistemic modality, and factuality. In: Intercultural Pragmatics. 2016 ; Vol. 13, No. 2. pp. 181-209.

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