The appropriate use of hedging in scientific discourse is a vital skill for wri- ters presenting their knowledge in an academic discourse community and much work has therefore been done on this relevant feature, especially on its use in the rhetoric of specialized texts in English. Some authors believe that there are considerable differences in styles of writing in particular cultures (e.g., see Connor and Kaplan 1987, Mauranen 1993b and Valero-Garcés 1996). But not until very recently and mainly as a result of the growing interest in contrastive rhetoric has Spanish language been studied as well. In this paper I will examine the range of expressions in English and Spanish medical research articles that are commonly known as hedging. Althou...
Writers of academic papers generally use a wide range of strategies when they expose scientific argu...
Writers of academic papers generally use a wide range of strategies when they expose scientific argu...
As a communicative strategy, hedging plays a central role in academic writing. Numerous different li...
This paper discusses how the communicative purpose of the different rhetorical sections of research ...
Attenuating devices are frequently employed in both spoken and written language to weaken the illocu...
This paper aims at analysing the role of pragmatic transfer in the use of the rhetorical strategy of...
When publishing the results of their research, scholars need to convince their readers of the validi...
When publishing the results of their research, scholars need to convince their readers of the validi...
In the context of academic writing, authors tend to mitigate the force of their scientific claims by...
Research on the use of hedging strategies as one of the key issues of rhetorical organization of aca...
Research on the use of hedging strategies as one of the key issues of rhetorical organization of aca...
Research on the use of hedging strategies as one of the key issues of rhetorical organization of aca...
In the context of academic writing, authors tend to mitigate the force of their scientific claims by...
In the context of academic writing, authors tend to mitigate the force of their scientific claims by...
This paper discusses how the communicative purpose of the different rhetorical sections of research ...
Writers of academic papers generally use a wide range of strategies when they expose scientific argu...
Writers of academic papers generally use a wide range of strategies when they expose scientific argu...
As a communicative strategy, hedging plays a central role in academic writing. Numerous different li...
This paper discusses how the communicative purpose of the different rhetorical sections of research ...
Attenuating devices are frequently employed in both spoken and written language to weaken the illocu...
This paper aims at analysing the role of pragmatic transfer in the use of the rhetorical strategy of...
When publishing the results of their research, scholars need to convince their readers of the validi...
When publishing the results of their research, scholars need to convince their readers of the validi...
In the context of academic writing, authors tend to mitigate the force of their scientific claims by...
Research on the use of hedging strategies as one of the key issues of rhetorical organization of aca...
Research on the use of hedging strategies as one of the key issues of rhetorical organization of aca...
Research on the use of hedging strategies as one of the key issues of rhetorical organization of aca...
In the context of academic writing, authors tend to mitigate the force of their scientific claims by...
In the context of academic writing, authors tend to mitigate the force of their scientific claims by...
This paper discusses how the communicative purpose of the different rhetorical sections of research ...
Writers of academic papers generally use a wide range of strategies when they expose scientific argu...
Writers of academic papers generally use a wide range of strategies when they expose scientific argu...
As a communicative strategy, hedging plays a central role in academic writing. Numerous different li...