Understatements and hedges in English /

Understatements and hedges in English /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hübler, Axel
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1983.
Description:	vii, 192 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English German
Series:	Pragmatics & beyond, 0166-6258 ; IV:6 Pragmatics & beyond IV:6
Subject:	Figures of speech Understatement English language -- Spoken English National characteristics, English English language -- Syntax English language -- Spoken English. English language -- Syntax. Figures of speech. National characteristics, English. Understatement.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/637169

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ISBN:	9027225311 : $22.00 (U.S.)
Notes:	Revision and translation of thesis (Habilitation)--University of Duisburg, 1981. Bibliography: p. [183]-192.

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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	Revision and translation of thesis (Habilitation)--University of Duisburg, 1981.
Physical Description:	vii, 192 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Bibliography: p. [183]-192.
ISBN:	9027225311 : $22.00 (U.S.)
ISSN:	0166-6258 ;