The Function of Mitigation in Spoken Language.Analysis of <i>tak skazat’</i> (Russian) and <i>diciamo</i> (Italian).

Abstract

The present article is dedicated to the analysis of one Italian and one Russian discourse marker (DM), both of which are formed with the verbum dicendi skazat'/dire («to say»): tak skazat' («so to say») and diciamo («let’s say»).