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Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Downgrade

Definition:

A downgrade is a move that weakens or mitigates a previous utterance in order to make it more acceptable.

Examples:

(English)

  • Adding an offer of assistance to a request in order to make it more acceptable
  • Suggesting ways a request could be easily accomplished in order to make it more acceptable
See Also:
Source:
164–165, 177

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

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