Attenuation and courtesy in metaenunciative interventions in conversation

As conversation unfolds it is noticeable the recurrent mention by speakers to the act of linguistic formulation itself, either by commenting or evaluating their own speech or by negotiating the correct word with the interlocutor, either by explicating the labor in searching for the most adequate fo...

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Main Author: José Gaston Hilgert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-02-01
Series:Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/85468

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