Title Hedging in scientific research articles / Ken Hyland.

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Description	1 online resource (ix, 307 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 54
	Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 54. 0922-842X
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	This book provides a comprehensive study of hedging in academic research papers, relating a systematic analysis of forms to a pragmatic explanation for their use. Based on a detailed examination of journal articles and interviews with research scientists, the study shows that the extensive use of possibility and tentativeness in research writing is intimately connected to the social and institutional practices of academic communities and is at the heart of how knowledge comes to be socially accredited through texts. The study identifies the major forms, functions and distribution of hedges and.
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Subject	Research -- Methodology.
	Research -- Methodology.
	Technical writing.
	Technical writing.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Hyland, Ken. Hedging in scientific research articles. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1998 1556198167 (DLC) 97053099 (OCoLC)38215569
ISBN	9789027282583 (electronic book)
	9027282587 (electronic book)
	1556198167
	9781556198168
	9027250677
	9789027250674