Vague language as a means of avoiding controversy
Vague language as a means of avoiding controversy is a scholarly work, published in 2018 in ''Training Language and Culture''. The main subjects of the publication include conversation analysis, psychology, linguistics, epistemology, and discourse analysis. The paper analyses the various definitions and theories of vague language and examines its use in the English language in discourse management and politeness in gender relations, politics, culture and news reporting.