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Introduction The notion of hedging, as it is often called, has been around since the early
1970's. The term was first used by George Lakoff (1972), who spoke of" words whose job it is …

Introduction The notion of hedging, as it is often called, has been around since the early
1970's. The term was first used by George Lakoff (1972), who spoke of" words whose job it is …

In an analysis of 20 scholarly journal articles in the hard sciences and 20 from the
humanities, text was examined for author comments on hypotheses, probabilities, and …