Modality is a complex yet pervasive feature of the English language which is typically difficult
for non-native speakers of English to acquire. It is even more so for learners of English who …

Approximation is a semantic process when occasional modification of meaning, ie partial
actualization of a linguistic unit is carried out. This process takes place when one of the …

Issues concerning the meaning and legitimacy of a ceteris paribus (cp) law statement have
been heatedly debated in recent philosophy of science. I argue that a main inadequacy of …

Non-native English speaking (NNES) scholars face great hardship when they attempt to
publish in English. Upon submitting their manuscripts to English-language journals, these …

The current study explores L2 learners' linguistic behavior on hedges used in English
academic prose. Focusing on stance adverbials and modals, hedging devices used by L2 …

Abstract Junho Lee. 2012. 6. 30. A Study on teaching Korean Hedging Expression for KAP
Learners. Bilingual Research 49, 269-297. This article aims to conceptualize instructional …

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

Hedging in Chinese writing represents a little studied area of pragmatic competence. While
the literature places the importance of hedging in scientific writing in the English language …

The concept of “hedging”, originally studied by George Lakoff, has firmly penetrated into the
circle of our daily lives. The semantic and pragmatic senses of hedging not only stand for …

The aim of this research, which is framed into the domain of pragmatics, textual linguistics
and applied linguistics, is to analyze mitigation phenomena within a 25 italian RA's corpus …