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Axel Hübler, Understatements and hedges in English. (Pragmatics and Beyond IV, 6.) Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins B.V., 1983. Pp. ix + 192.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Janet Holmes
Janet Holmes
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Language in Society , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , June 1986 , pp. 245 - 250
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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