Hedges,as a kind of language strategy,is widely used in communication.This paper makes a comparison of hedges in Chinese and English TV interviews and find... XH Wang - 《Journal of Huaihai Institute of Technology》 被引量: 4发表: 0年 On English Hedges's Communicative Functions and Pragmatic...
In contrast to Coates's examples like "sort of" and "you know" which are typically used as hedges to signal the act of searching for the right word in English, in the current database, there are specific Chinese expressions used by the subject to play the role of this function. The ...
The Application of Hedges in English Advertisements Ⅲ. Conclusion Ⅳ. Implication Ⅴ. Limitation Definition G. Lakoff in 1972 : “a word or phrase whose job is to make things fuzzier or less fuzzy” Examples: a. John’s feet were blue. b. John’s feet were sort of blue. c. I think...
Let’s clarify the logic of this whole method of compensation—it is weird enough. The equivalency is given in this way: instead of an advantage making up directly for the harm (hence, instead of compensation in gold, land, possessions of some sort or another), the creditor is given a k...
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