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On Pragmatic Strategies for Avoidance of Explicitness in Language

  • Chen P
Asian Social Science (2010) 6(10)
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v6n10p147
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Abstract

It is common that people avoid explicit language in daily communication. This paper intends to discuss various pragmatic strategies used for avoidance of explicitness in language and to analyze sorts of reasons for the explicitness from the perspective of pragmatics.

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Chen, P. (2010). On Pragmatic Strategies for Avoidance of Explicitness in Language. Asian Social Science, 6(10). https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v6n10p147

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