“…and our study might therefore have been slightly underpowered”: A Cross-Linguistic Analysis of Hedging in English and Czech Medical Research Articles
Attenuating devices are frequently employed in both spoken and written language to weaken the illocutionary force of utterances as well as their directness. In this way, they are associated with expressing linguistic politeness. In scientific discourse, hedges are largely used to express negative po...
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Karolinum Press
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Philologica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.karolinum.cz/doi/10.14712/24646830.2017.7 |