Pragmatics behind the Usage of Hedges a bit (of) and somewhat in British Interpersonal Communication
This article considers the pragmatics behind the usage of hedges a bit (of) and somewhat. There is no common agreed-upon understanding concerning their categorisation as the ambiguous nature of any vagueness marker makes an utterance more open to the negotiation of meaning, whereas multiple approach...
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| Language: | Russian |
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Ural Federal University Press
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/Izvestia2/article/view/4710 |