What is pragmatics

For example, truthfully, which syntactically is an adverb, functions traditionally as a verbal modifier, as in (2a). ... On mitigation. To appear in J. of Pragmatics. Chafe, W. 1986. Evidentiality in English conversation and academic writing. In W. Chafe & J. Nichols (eds.) Evidentiality: The linguistic coding of epistemology, 261-272. ... ................
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