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200 10$aHedging in scientific research articles /$fKen Hyland
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub. Co.$dc1998
215   $a1 online resource (317 p.)
225 1 $aPragmatics & beyond,$x0922-842X ;$vnew ser. 54
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a90-272-5067-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aHEDGING 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; Index
330   $aThis 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 and
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