02666nam 2200505Ia 450 991045669510332120200520144314.01-283-22195-0978661322195790-272-8258-7(CKB)2550000000045353(EBL)784215(OCoLC)750183130(MiAaPQ)EBC784215(Au-PeEL)EBL784215(CaPaEBR)ebr10491709(CaONFJC)MIL322195(EXLCZ)99255000000004535319971230d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Hedging in scientific research articles[electronic resource] /Ken HylandAmsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.c19981 online resource (317 p.)Pragmatics & beyond,0922-842X ;new ser. 54Description based upon print version of record.90-272-5067-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.HEDGING IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ARTICLES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. On Hedging and Hedges; 2. Towards a context of scientific hedging; 3. Perspective and hedging in discourse; 4. Theoretical and methodological considerations; 5. Surface Features of Hedging; 6. A pragmatic analysis of hedging; 7. Examining hedges in scientific discourse; 8. Hedging and second language learners; 9. Conclusions and Implications; Notes; Appendix: Corpus of journal articles.; References; IndexThis book provides a comprehensive study of hedging in academic research papers, relating a systematic analysis of forms to a pragmatic explanation for their use. Based on a detailed examination of journal articles and interviews with research scientists, the study shows that the extensive use of possibility and tentativeness in research writing is intimately connected to the social and institutional practices of academic communities and is at the heart of how knowledge comes to be socially accredited through texts. The study identifies the major forms, functions and distribution of hedges andPragmatics & beyond ;new ser. 54.ResearchMethodologyTechnical writingElectronic books.ResearchMethodology.Technical writing.507.2Hyland Ken280575MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456695103321Hedging in scientific research articles704670UNINA