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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">mgimoreview</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Вестник МГИМО-Университета</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>MGIMO Review of International Relations</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2071-8160</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2541-9099</issn><publisher><publisher-name>MGIMO Universty Press</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24833/2071-8160-2013-5-32-252-260</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">mgimoreview-1235</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ФИЛОЛОГИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PHILOLOGY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>ЛИНГВИСТИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ ИЗУЧЕНИЯ UNDERSTATEMENT В СОВРЕМЕННОМ АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF UNDERSTATEMENT IN MODERN ENGLISH</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Иванова</surname><given-names>В. Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ivanova</surname><given-names>V. G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Преподаватель кафедры английского языка</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Assistant lecturer of English Language Department</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">curator51@rambler.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Московский государственный институт международных отношений (университет) МИД России. Россия, 119454, Москва, пр. Вернадского, 76.</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University), 76, Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119454, Russia.</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2013</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>28</day><month>10</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>5(32)</issue><fpage>252</fpage><lpage>260</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Иванова В.Г., 2013</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2013</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Иванова В.Г.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Ivanova V.G.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/1235">https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/1235</self-uri><abstract><p>В статье анализируется сущность концепта Understatement как лингвокультурологической категории, рассматриваются основные языковые средства реализации данного явления, в том числе некоторые стилистические и прагмалингвистические аспекты Understatement как стратегии дистанцирования. Для исследователя Understatement представляет интерес в первую очередь как лингвокультурологическая категория, за которой стоят исторически сложившиеся культурные традиции англосаксонского общества и ими сформированный британский национальный характер. Автор в своей статье не использует русские варианты перевода Understatement, так как рассматриваемый концепт является лингвоспецифическим, отражающим особенности национального менталитета англосаксов и перевод не может в полном объеме передать все аспекты его денотативного и коннотативного значения. В статье подчеркивается, что структура Understatement сложна, многообразна и может быть выражена целым спектром как лексических, так и грамматических средств, среди которых часто встречается двойное отрицание, модальные глаголы, наречия степени и частицы и которые в большинстве случаев оказываются контекстозависимыми. С прагматической точки зрения Understatement может использоваться для того, чтобы скрыть смущение, беспокойство, волнение или обиду. Understatement также используется при выделении положительных аспектов коммуникативной ситуации. Преуменьшение положительных характеристик объекта речи находит свое отражение в так называемом «эффекте скромности», который выливается в такую стратегию, как «fishing for compliments», то есть преднамеренное занижение своих положительных качеств с целью «выуживания» комплиментов. Understatement как прием играл и продолжает играть совершенно особую роль в англоязычном речевом поведении. Его цель – преуменьшить воздействие отрицательных факторов на получателя сообщения, уменьшить категоричность высказывания и учесть интересы собеседника.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article focuses on the concept of Understatement as a lingua-cultural category and analyses the main linguistic means of realization of this phenomenon. Besides, some stylistic and pragmalinguistic aspects of Understatement are analyzed from the perspective of a distancing strategy. The researcher is primarily interested in Understatement as a lingua-cultural category relying on historically stipulated cultural traditions of Anglo-Saxon society which gave rise to the forming of the British national character, and which reflect age, gender and social differences of the English. The author does not use the Russian variants of the translation of Understatement in the article, as they do not fully convey all the aspects of denotative and connotative meaning of this concept. Further on it is emphasized that the structure of Understatement is complex, diverse and can be expressed by a variety of lexical as well as grammatical means, among which double negation, modal verbs, the adverbs of degree and particles can often be encountered which are in most cases dependent on the context. From the pragmatic angle Understatement can be used to conceal embarrassment, anxiety or offence. Moreover, Understatement is used while singling out the positive aspects of the communicative situation. The understatement of the positive characteristics of the speaker is reflected in the so called «effect of modesty », which finally boils down to such a strategy as «fishing for compliments», that is an intentional understatement of one’s positive qualities in order to «fish for compliments». Understatement used to and continues to play a special role in the English speech behavior. Its aim is to minimize the impact of the negative factors on the message addressee, to lower the categoricity of the utterance and to take the interlocutor’s interests into account.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>преуменьшение</kwd><kwd>отрицание</kwd><kwd>смягчение высказывания</kwd><kwd>аппроксимация</kwd><kwd>деинтенсификаторы</kwd><kwd>хезитация</kwd><kwd>дистанцирование</kwd><kwd>литота</kwd><kwd>мейозис</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Understatement</kwd><kwd>negation</kwd><kwd>downtoning</kwd><kwd>approximation</kwd><kwd>detensifiers</kwd><kwd>hesitation</kwd><kwd>distancing</kwd><kwd>litotes</kwd><kwd>meiosis</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Ball W.J. “Understatement and Overstatement in English” // English Language Teaching, 1970. 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