Asian Social Science
On Pragmatic Strategies for Avoidance of Explicitness in Language
Abstract
It is common that people avoid explicit language in daily communication. This paper intends to discuss various pragmatic strategies used for avoidance of explicitness in language and to analyze sorts of reasons for the explicitness from the perspective of pragmatics.
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Asian Social Science ISSN 1911-2017 (Print) ISSN 1911-2025 (Online)
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