Exploring linguistic and cultural variations in the use of hedges in English and Chinese scientific discourse
Abstract
This study examines the use of hedges across three academic writing corpora: the English scientific writing corpus, the Chinese-authored English scientific article corpus, and the Chinese scientific article corpus. Based on the Hyland's (1998) classification scheme on hedges and the frequencies of their various types, hedges in the three corpora were identified and quantified. Hedges across various sections of research articles in the three...
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Title
Exploring linguistic and cultural variations in the use of hedges in English and Chinese scientific discourse
Published Date
May 1, 2013
Journal
Volume
50
Issue
1
Pages
23 - 36
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