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 Linguistics, with studies approaching the concept of hedging from various perspectives, such as speech act - and politeness theory, genre-specific investigations, interactional pragmatics, and studies of vague language. The present volume provides an up-to-date overview of current research on the topic by New Approaches to Hedging - Gunther Kalenböck a kol. od authora Gunther Kalenböck a kol. a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Gunther Kalenböck a kol. |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
328 |
| Rok vydání |
2010 |
| Typ |
filmy |
| Nakladatelství |
Emerald |
