Hedging in Academic Writing - A Pedagogically-Motivated Qualitative Study
The present study explores the use of hedges in academic writing based on Hyland's (1996) pragmatic framework of hedging orientations. It also elicits insight from specialist informants on the use of hedges in academic writing. The corpus comprises thirty randomly-selected research article disc...
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| description | The present study explores the use of hedges in academic writing based on Hyland's (1996) pragmatic framework of hedging orientations. It also elicits insight from specialist informants on the use of hedges in academic writing. The corpus comprises thirty randomly-selected research article discussions (published between 2010-2014) from the Journal of English for Academic Purposes. The analysis reveals that a repertoire of lexical signals and hedging strategies have been used to realize the different hedging orientations employed in the corpus. Informants stated that second language learners’ inability to use hedges in their academic prose could be due to socio-cultural factor, classroom instruction, disciplinary culture and disciplinary appeals. The present study has pedagogical implications. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-214212019-03-05T04:09:23Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21421/ Hedging in Academic Writing - A Pedagogically-Motivated Qualitative Study Loi, Chek Kim Miin, Jason Hwa Lim LG Individual institutions - Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific islands PE English language The present study explores the use of hedges in academic writing based on Hyland's (1996) pragmatic framework of hedging orientations. It also elicits insight from specialist informants on the use of hedges in academic writing. The corpus comprises thirty randomly-selected research article discussions (published between 2010-2014) from the Journal of English for Academic Purposes. The analysis reveals that a repertoire of lexical signals and hedging strategies have been used to realize the different hedging orientations employed in the corpus. Informants stated that second language learners’ inability to use hedges in their academic prose could be due to socio-cultural factor, classroom instruction, disciplinary culture and disciplinary appeals. The present study has pedagogical implications. Elsevier 2015-07-25 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21421/1/Hedging%20in%20Academic%20Writing%20-%20A%20Pedagogically-Motivated%20Qualitative%20Study.pdf Loi, Chek Kim and Miin, Jason Hwa Lim (2015) Hedging in Academic Writing - A Pedagogically-Motivated Qualitative Study. Procedia : Social and Behavioral Sciences, 197. pp. 600-607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.200 |
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| topic | LG Individual institutions - Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific islands PE English language |
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