H�ubler, Axel.

Understatements and hedges in English [electronic resource] / Axel H�ubler. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1983. - vii, 192 p. : ill. - Pragmatics & beyond, 4:6 0166-6258 ; . - Pragmatics & beyond ; 4:6. .

Revision and translation of thesis (Habilitation)--University of Duisburg, 1981.

Bibliography: p. [183]-192.


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Figures of speech.
Understatement.
English language--Spoken English.
National characteristics, English.
English language--Syntax.


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