Hedging in Academic Discourse
Hedging has become a topic of interest among discourse-oriented linguists. The paper will discuss ways in which the term “hedge” has been understood and defined in the literature within the academic writing discourse. As epistemic devices with significant characteristics, hedges are often seen as fe...
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2019-0015 |
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| author | Gherdan Maria Elena |
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| description | Hedging has become a topic of interest among discourse-oriented linguists. The paper will discuss ways in which the term “hedge” has been understood and defined in the literature within the academic writing discourse. As epistemic devices with significant characteristics, hedges are often seen as features in academic writing practices that may cause problems, being often a serious source of pragmatic failure in written discourse in a foreign language. It is suggested that the appropriate use of hedging, which clearly requires subtlety and awareness of pragmatic competence of written discourse, is utterly important in avoiding “communicative failure” (Thomas, 1983) and allowing authors to find a way of expressing their true voice in a target discourse. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aae5038d9ea24578b11e933f926055f82022-12-22T02:50:18ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies1584-37342286-04282019-11-0116112312710.1515/rjes-2019-0015rjes-2019-0015Hedging in Academic DiscourseGherdan Maria Elena0University of OradeaHedging has become a topic of interest among discourse-oriented linguists. The paper will discuss ways in which the term “hedge” has been understood and defined in the literature within the academic writing discourse. As epistemic devices with significant characteristics, hedges are often seen as features in academic writing practices that may cause problems, being often a serious source of pragmatic failure in written discourse in a foreign language. It is suggested that the appropriate use of hedging, which clearly requires subtlety and awareness of pragmatic competence of written discourse, is utterly important in avoiding “communicative failure” (Thomas, 1983) and allowing authors to find a way of expressing their true voice in a target discourse.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2019-0015hedgingacademic writingforeign language |
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