PRUDENCE, PRECISION, AND POLITENESS: HEDGES IN ACADEMIC WRITING Quaderns de Filologia. Estudis LinguisticsHyland, Ken
The expression of doubt and certainty is crucial in academic writing where the authors have to distinguish opinion from fact and evaluate their assertions in acceptable and persuasive ways. Hedges and boosters are two strategies used for this purpose. Despite their importance in academic writing, we...
HedgesandBoostersinAcademicWriting: AStudyofGenderDifferencesinEssaysWrittenbySwedishAdvanced LearnersofEnglish. Author:SofiaSerholt Year:Spring2012 Department:Departmentoflanguagesandliteratures Supervisor:ProfessorJenniferHerriman Examiner:JoeTrotta Keywords:Hedges,boosters,SwedishL2students,academicwriting,epistemic...
Hedging is an important metadiscourse device that should be used for various motives particularly in academic writing because it acts as a face-saving strategy and represents the certainty of the scientists' knowledge on the study field, but nevertheless it is not an obvious consideration for many ...
The expression of doubt and certainty is crucial in academic writing where the authors have to distinguish opinion from fact and evaluate their assertions in acceptable and persuasive ways. Hedges and boosters are two strategies used for this purpose. Despite their import...
1.Interpersonal Meanings of Hedges in Academic Discourse;学术话语中模糊限制语的人际意义 2.Interpersonal functions of hedges in English scientific writing;科技英语语篇中模糊限制语的人际功能 3.Gender Differences of Chinese College Students (Non-English Majors) in the Use of Hedges;大学生(非英语专业)英...
Hedging In Academic Writing: A Pragmatic Analysis Of English And Chemistry Masters' Theses In A Ghanaian University Academic texts are no longer perceived as mere neutral accounts of factual information; they are currently viewed as socially constructed rhetorical artefacts which aim at negotiating and ...
5.Exploring Hedging from the Perspective of Politeness Strategy in the Lawyer s Argument;用礼貌策略来看律师辩护词的模糊限制语 6.On the Hedging Function of Modal Verb Can;言语交际中情态助动词can的模糊限制功能 7.The Pragmatic Functions of Adverbial Hedges in Academic Spoken English学术口语中副词性模...
Interpersonal Meanings of Hedges in Academic Discourse; 学术话语中模糊限制语的人际意义 2. Interpersonal functions ofhedges in English scientific writing; 科技英语语篇中模糊限制语的人际功能 3. Gender Differences of Chinese College Students (Non-English Majors) in the Use of Hedges; ...
Interpersonal Meanings of Hedges in Academic Discourse; 学术话语中模糊限制语的人际意义 2. Interpersonal functions of hedges in English scientific writing; 科技英语语篇中模糊限制语的人际功能 3. Gender Differences of Chinese College Students (Non-English Majors) in the Use of Hedges; 大学生(非英...