num_pages: 248
description: The first major descriptive study of linguistics vagueness - arguably the strategies of which constitute a key aspect of communicative competence of native speakers of English. This study shows how English provides its speakers with a great variety of ways of being vague and draws on naturally-occurring data to examine syntactic, intonational, semantic, and pragmatic considerations of vague language.
language: English
title: Vague Language
titlecomplete: Vague Language (Describing English Language)
ratings_count: 11
series: Describing English Language
publisher: Oxford University Press España, S.A.