Forms and functions of pseudo-tautologies

Schafroth, E. (2026). Forms and functions of pseudo-tautologies: An overview, typology and corpus-based analysis in four languages. Languages in Contrast, 26(2).

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2026

Volume

26

Issue

2

Link

https://benjamins.com/catalog/lic.00070.sch

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

Domain-specific

• Tautophrase
  • These original scholarly abstracts support a context-sensitive frame, but not a precise frequency for any reading or universal rule that speakers intend evasion.

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