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“COGNITIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE”

CONJUNCTION OR FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF APPROXIMATION

CONJUNCTION OR FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF APPROXIMATION


Author:  E.Yu. Dubovitskaya

Affiliation:  Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin

Abstract
The article deals with the ability of the conjunction or to express uncertainty in the modern English language. The category of approximation is defined and examples of uncertainty in real utterances are given.

Keywords:  conjunction or, fuzziness, hedging, hedges, approximation

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