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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974544403321

Autore

Caffi Claudia

Titolo

Mitigation / / Claudia Caffi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005

ISBN

9786610728695

9781280728693

1280728698

9780080466224

0080466222

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Collana

Studies in Pragmatics ; ; 4

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Honorific

Pragmatics

Sociolinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Pragmatics: subject and subjectivity -- Chapter 2. Mitigation: the background -- Chapter 3. Pragmatics of mitigation: bushes, hedges, shields -- Chapter 4. Mitigation and emotive communication: steps toward a psychostylistic approach -- Chapter 5. Doctor-patient dialogue: a case-study -- Chapter 6. Grammar of mitigation in doctor-patient dialogue -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This fourth volume in the Studies in Pragmatics (SIP) series is a fittingly solid, well-illustrated and theoretical account of Mitigation (as a form of Politeness). The main goal of this book is to present a new integrated pragmatic approach to communication. The approach has been called pragmatics of identity. It's major feature is that it aims at integrating pragmatic views (research on politeness, face-work, etc.) with insights from different research fields into an extended framework where psychological aspects of communication in context also can be taken into account.