New approaches to hedging /

Hedging is an essential part of everyday communication. It is a discourse strategy which is used to reduce commitment to the force or truth of an utterance to achieve an appropriate pragmatic effect. In recent years hedges have therefore attracted increased attention in Pragmatics and Applied Lingui...

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Altres autors: Kaltenböck, Gunther (Editor), Mihatsch, Wiltrud (Editor), Schneider, Stefan, 1958- (Editor)
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Idioma:English
Publicat:Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2010.
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Edició:First edition.
Col·lecció:Studies in pragmatics ; 9.
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