Pragmalinguistic characteristics of euphemia as a mean of implication in diplomatic discourse (based on the speeches by Gerhard Schröder)
Annotation
The article discovers the phenomenon of euphemia through pragmalinguistic knowledge. The research focuses on the pragmatic grounds of euphemisms, which are the most important components in the encoding implicit information. The authors also provide an analysis of those pragmatic grounds that were actualized in the diplomatic speeches by Gerhard Schröder.
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