Board of consultants. List of contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Entries A-Z. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Louise Cummings is a Professor of Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University, where she teaches advanced level modules in pragmatics and clinical linguistics.
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