Linguistic Mitigation in English and Spanish: How Speakers Attenuate Expressions

By Nydia Flores-Ferran and Nydia Flores

Book Overview

This volume offers a comprehensive examination of mitigation in speech in English and Spanish, exploring how it is defined and theorized and the various linguistic features employed to soften or downgrade the impact of a particular message across a range of settings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103223850X
• ISBN13: 9781032238500
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"