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Handbook of Pragmatics: 27th Annual Installment
Edited by Mieke Vandenbroucke, Jana Declercq, Frank Brisard and Sigurd D’hondt
[Handbook of Pragmatics 27] 2024
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Indirectness

| KU Leuven
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.What is indirectness?
    • 2.1Binary notions
      • 2.1.1Indirectness and non-literalness
      • 2.1.2Indirectness and the locutionary/illocutionary distinction
      • 2.1.3Indirectness and secondariness
      • 2.1.4Conventional indirectness: Binary or categorical?
    • 2.2Graded notions
      • 2.2.1Standardization
      • 2.2.2Degrees of indirectness
      • 2.2.3Cross-cultural research on indirectness
  • 3.The reasons for indirectness
  • 4.Experimental evidence on the processing of indirectness
    • 4.1Indirectness and secondariness
    • 4.2Direct and indirect interpretations of ISA constructions
    • 4.3Summary
  • 5.Conclusions and future directions
  • Notes
  • References
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