Hedging in Written Academic Discourse: a cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary study

The object of this dissertation is hedging in Lithuanian and English research articles in the field of humanities and biomedical sciences. The aim of the research is to identify hedging devices and functions in linguistic and medical research articles in Lithuanian and English and to explore to what...

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Main Author: Šinkūnienė, Jolanta
Other Authors: Pakerys, Jurgis
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT) 2011
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Online Access:http://vddb.laba.lt/fedora/get/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110502_093349-89501/DS.005.1.01.ETD