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Michael Geis. Speech Acts and Conversational Interaction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1995. Pp. xiv + 248. £45 (hardcover).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Kimary N. Shahin*
Affiliation:
Birzeit University and University of British Columbia

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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1999

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