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.
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Hedging, academic writing, pedagogical implication, linguistic knowledge, pragmatic competence |
| Subjects: | ?? LB2300 ?? L Education > LG Individual institutions - Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific islands P Language and Literature > PE English language |
| Department: | CENTRE > Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning |
| Depositing User: | SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS - |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2019 12:09 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2019 12:09 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21421 |
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