Vague language

The book shows how English provides its speakers with a great variety of ways of being vague. It applies principles of pragmatics to the analysis of vague expressions, describing both the linguistic forms and the pragmatic consequences of their use

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1. Verfasser: Joanna Channell
Format: Buch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford Univ. Press 1994
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Zusammenfassung:The book shows how English provides its speakers with a great variety of ways of being vague. It applies principles of pragmatics to the analysis of vague expressions, describing both the linguistic forms and the pragmatic consequences of their use