This thesis is a mixed-method genre-based study which analyzes the Discussion section of
qualitative and quantitative research articles in the field of Applied Linguistics. It is …

Структурно-семантический и формально-грамматический анализ модальной лексики,
используемой в некатегоричных высказываниях, позволяет рассматривать её как …

Hedging plays a crucial role in academic writing style and research articles in particular. It
has been proven that hedges fulfil a wide range of both prepositional and interpersonal …

Making reference to the prior eminent literature helps academics to establish an intertextual
link to the wider discipline. And such link could be utilized to justify their arguments and the …

Discussion sections are of crucial importance for the acceptance and subsequent
dissemination of knowledge claims introduced in scientific research articles. Therefore, this …

Extensive research on hedging was carried out in the 1990s in the attempt to better define,
identify linguistic forms and assign pragmatic functions to a widely used rhetorical strategy in …

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 …

The article reviews the early literature on hedging in written academic discourse by focusing
on research carried out in the 1970s and 1980s. This theoretical analysis reveals how the …

This paper focuses on the use of hedges as rhetorical tools in present-day written academic
discourse, especially research articles. The aims are to explore the polypragmatic functions …

se sont penchés sur le problème des citations ou références1. Nous pourrions citer, entre
autres, les travaux de Moravscik et Murugesan (1975) et ceux de Chubin et Moitra (1975) …