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This monograph deals with discursive-pragmatic analysis of the category "Russian verbal aspect" in the frame of speech act theory and typological perspective. Contents: Towards the theory of verbal aspect: Some unresolved issues; Verbal aspect in the background of elocutionary acts; Connection of the verbal aspect to the indirect speech act on a background of elocutionary acts; Verbal aspect from the point of view of discursive coherence; Verbal aspect and the issue of "politeness". Bibliography, name index and a term list.