Linguopragmatic Issues in the Study of Communicative Mitigation
Keywords:
communicative mitigation, linguopragmatics, modalityAbstract
The article explores major linguopragmatic issues in the study of communicative mitigation. As an important component of interpersonal communication, mitigation serves to reduce the categorical force of utterances and facilitate successful interaction between communicants. The research examines the theoretical foundations of mitigation, its relationship with pragmatics, modality, politeness, and speech act theory, as well as the linguistic mechanisms through which mitigation is realized. Particular attention is devoted to the linguopragmatic nature of mitigation, its communicative functions, and the challenges associated with its identification and interpretation in discourse. The study argues that communicative mitigation should be regarded as a complex linguopragmatic phenomenon operating at lexical, grammatical, syntactic, and discourse levels
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