A Corpus-based Analysis of Epistemic Stance Adverbs in Essays Written by Native English Speakers and Iranian EFL Learners

Academic essays entail taking a stance on the truth value of propositions. Epistemic adverbs deal with the speaker's assessment of the truth value of propositions. Employing a corpus-based approach with descriptive statistics and qualitative description, this study explored the use of epistemic...

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Main Authors: Amir Sabzevar, Hamidreza Haghverdi, Reza Biriya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice
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Online Access:http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_674922_5a38a420c1ff613fb3df56fdff498b5e.pdf