Hedging in Japanese is an important and prevalent communicative resource used to soften
the illocutionary force of a statement. In spite of its importance, there is little or no systematic …

Metadiscourse, defined as discourse about discourse, has been borrowed from philosophy
into applied linguistics and has evolved as a new area of research in this field. Although …

Este artículo persigue identificar, describir y analizar las estrategias de atenuación
lingüística utilizadas en un corpus de cartas al editor publicadas en revistas chilenas …

Afin de déterminer l'évolution qualitative et quantitative des références critiques (rCr) et non
critiques (rNCr) dans le discours médical du XIXe et du XXe siècle écrit en anglais, nous …

Stance refers to the lexical and grammatical expression of attitudes, feelings, judgments, or
commitment concerning the propositional content of a message (Biber and Finegan, 1989) …

Abstract 'Stance is the way academics annotate their texts to comment on the possible
accuracy or creditability of a claim, the extent they want to commit themselves to it, or the …

The pervasiveness of hedging in Anglo-American academic discourse is determined by the
dialogic nature of research articles, which allow scientists to tentatively present their findings …

This pragmatic descriptive study is aimed at investigating the use of hedging by Arab
speakers of English. It is geared towards answering the question of how frequently hedging …

Letters to the Editor (LTE) is an important forum for public interaction in the print media. It is
considered as a source of informing opinion of the public it represents and serves. Being a …

The use of hedges in student speech varies greatly depending on the situation and
conditions of use, both in casual situations and in formal situations, it is stated that the use of …