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Consider the sentences:
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Alas, Tony will be re-elected.
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Predelli, S. (2010). From the Expressive to the Derogatory: On the Semantic Role for Non-Truth-Conditional Meaning. In: Sawyer, S. (eds) New Waves in Philosophy of Language. New Waves in Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230248588_9
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