Recent studies of hedging in academic writing have argued for the inclusion of hedging in
EAP syllabi but have not, unfortunately, worked from a common understanding of the …

Bloomsbury Classics in Linguistics revisits the highlights and cornerstones of Bloomsbury's
extensive linguistics back list. These books are newly typeset and reissued in affordable …

Why do engineers" report" while philosophers" argue" and biologists" describe"? In the
Michigan Classics Edition of Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in …

Academic writing is rich in hedged propositions. By allowing writers to express their
uncertainty concerning the factuality of their statements or to indicate deference to their …

A major problem for second language students writing academic essays in English is to
convey statements with an appropriate degree of doubt and certainty. Such epistemic …

Hedging refers to linguistic strategies that qualify categorical commitment to express
possibility rather than certainty. In scientific writing, hedging is central to effective argument …

This paper presents the results of a review of 26 research articles, discussing the
importance, frequency, and realization of hedges in science research article. It also …

There is a popular belief that scientific writing is purely objective, impersonal and
informational, designed to disguise the author and deal directly with facts. But while ESP …

Epistemic modality is a critical yet intricate linguistic device in academic writing. In this study,
we investigated the use of epistemic modality in 25 English-medium medical research …

'Study skills or EAP (English for Academic Purposes)-this is as yet an underdeveloped area
in ESP, at least in terms of published textbooks.'Thus wrote Robinson (1980: 67) in her …