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Wierzbicka, Anna (1988). Review of Jef Verschueren, What people say they do with words. Language in Society, 17, 108-113. DOI: 10.1017/s004740450001263x
Includes some self-criticism of explications proposed in the earlier days (e.g. Semantic primitives, 1972).
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Research carried out by one or more experienced NSM practitioners |