THE MITIGATION OF SCIENTIFIC CLAIMS IN RESEARCH PAPERS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
In the context of academic writing, authors tend to mitigate the force of their scientific claims by means of hedging devices in order to reduce the risk of opposition and minimise the face threatening acts that are involved in the making of claims. This study explores the phenomenon of hedging in t...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Murcia
2008-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of English Studies (IJES) |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/49201 |