Before revision: Mitigated speech is a linguistic term describing deferential or indirect speech inherent in communication between individuals of perceived High Power Distance which has been in use for at least two decades with many published references.Ng, Sik H. and Bradac, James J. : Power in Language: Verbal Communication and Social Influence (Language and Language Behavior) Sage Publications, Inc (May 25, 1993)Robinson, William Peter and Tajfel, Henri: Social Groups and Identities Routledge (1996) Retrieved 2009-03-30Kasper, Gabriele and Blum-Kulka, Shoshana: " Interlanguage Pragmatics Oxford (1993).
After revision: Mitigated speech is a linguistic term describing deferential or indirect speech inherent in communication between individuals of perceived High Power Distance which has been in use for at least two decades with many published references.Ng, Sik H. and Bradac, James J. : Power in Language: Verbal Communication and Social Influence (Language and Language Behavior) Sage Publications, Inc (May 25, 1993)Robinson, William Peter and Tajfel, Henri: Social Groups and Identities Routledge (1996) Retrieved 2009-03-30Kasper, Gabriele and Blum-Kulka, Shoshana: Interlanguage Pragmatics Oxford (1993).