indirectness

As an important language phenomenon, indirectness universally exists in communication.

作为一种重要的语言现象，语言的间接性普遍存在于交际当中。

Historical Narratives: Their Fictitious Narrative Indirectness and Its Effect

中国历史叙事中的间接虚构叙事及其效果

Gender Difference and Conversation Strategy: Indirectness, Interruption and Cohesion in Conversation

性别差异与话语策略：会话中的间接性、打岔、衔接

bad-news letters tend to apply negative politeness strategies and emphasize indirectness and being roundabout;

具体而言，好消息信函多使用积极的礼貌策略，强调直接和简洁；

Directness and Indirectness--A Unity of Opposites in Language Application

直接与间接--语言应用中的对立统一

A Pragmatic Analysis of the Indirectness of Euphemism

从语用角度看委婉语的间接性