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Understatements and Hedges in English

By (author) Axel Hübler





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The goal of this monograph is a comprehensive analysis of understatements and other forms of non-direct speech (hedges) in modern English. It is based on a multi-level approach, including philosophical, cultural, and socio-psychological arguments. The main part consists of an investigation of the linguistic restrictions for understatements and hedges to be formed by means of the following grammatical categories: negation of predicates, gradation of predicates, modalization of affirmative sentences by means of parenthetical verbs, modal adverbs, modal verbs, and questions.

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Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published date | 1 Jan 1983
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 192
Dimensions | 240 x 160 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 290g
ISBN | 978-9-0272-2531-3
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BISAC | language arts & disciplines / semantics


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