The Role of Passive Voice in Hedging Medical Discourse: a Corpus-based Study on English and Spanish Research Articles
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 beli...
Main Author: | Sonia Oliver del Olmo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2015-04-01
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Series: | Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos |
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Online Access: | https://ojsspdc.ulpgc.es/ojs/index.php/LFE/article/view/162 |
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