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Everything about English understatement
Element of English culture
Understatement is an aspect of traditional English culture. It has been exploited to humorous effect, but it is also characterised as part of the English cultural attitude to life. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: English understatementA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Understanding secondary students’ continuance intention to adopt AI-powered intelligent tutoring system for English learningInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Understatements and hedges in EnglishThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Lx: Understatement in Old English PoetryCited 7 times
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Lx: Understatement in Old English Poetry
Understatement and Overstatement in English
Ideologically-Induced Understatement in English/Arabic News Translation: A Critical Discourse Analysis – Socionarrative Approach
Lexical indicators of exaggeration and understatement of the time of the English language (based on the material of literary texts)
LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF UNDERSTATEMENT IN MODERN ENGLISH
LINGUOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF INDIRECT COMMUNICATION (AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ‘UNDERSTATEMENT’)
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📚 Books worth reading
Understatements and hedges in EnglishHübler, Axel., Alex Huebler · 1983
Understatements and Hedges in EnglishAlex Huebler · 1984
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