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Publication details [#57412]

Yang, Yingli. 2013. Exploring linguistic and cultural variations in the use of hedges in English and Chinese scientific discourse. Journal of Pragmatics 50 (1) : 23–36.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

crosslinguistic perspective | hedge | language and culture | research article | scientific language

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

Hedges across various sections of research articles in three examined English and Chinese academic writing corpora displayed resemblances, yet also important variations as to their overall number and frequency, types and distribution.