PRAGMATIC MITIGATION: THE CASE OF CONDITIONALS

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  • Marianna Chodorowska-Pilch University of Southern California

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/Normas.7.10426

Keywords:

estructuras condicionales, cortesía, mitigación

Abstract

This study analyzes conditional structures whose purpose is to mitigate the force of the propositional content in specific speech acts. Their use is based on the speaker’s perception, who following politeness norms, established by Lakoff (1973), and Brown and Levinson (1978, 1987), intends to attenuate the imposition of their utterances. The analysis of recordings done in a travel agency in Valencia (Spain) indicates that the attenuating meaning of the conditionals or semi-conditionals can be inferred only in the context of impositive declarations, explanations, questions, indirect requests, suggestions, and offers.

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Published

2017-06-23

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Chodorowska-Pilch, M. (2017). PRAGMATIC MITIGATION: THE CASE OF CONDITIONALS. Normas, 7(1), 97–106. https://doi.org/10.7203/Normas.7.10426
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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017): Lenguaje vago y atenuación I

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