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This chapter provides a review of the existing literature in the field, with the aim of informing the theoretical framework behind this research and highlighting gaps in the literature, thereby revealing the significance of this study. Several topics will be reviewed, ranging from speech act theory to elasticity theory.

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Zhang, G., Parvaresh, V. (2019). Theoretical Foundations. In: Elastic Language in Persuasion and Comforting. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28460-2_2

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