What is it about?

The main point the book makes, is that when communicating, not only language, but also the whole situation you are in - the context- is important. The book claims that the context is part of the language, just like words and grammatical rules are. And I think that they are right.

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This page is a summary of: Book review, Journal of Pragmatics, April 2019, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2019.02.004.
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