TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caffi,Claudia
TI  - Mitigation
T2  - Studies in Pragmatics
SN  - 9780080466224
AV  - P40 
U1  - 306.44 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Honorific
KW  - Pragmatics
KW  - Sociolinguistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9780080466224
ER  -