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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138584657
• ISBN13: 9781138584655
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"