Investigating Knowledge and Use of Iraqi EFL University Learners Of Hedging Devices | ||
| Journal of University of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 20, Issue 3, August 2012, Pages 745-779 | ||
| Author | ||
| Razzq Nayif Mukheef | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Hedging is the process whereby speakers tone down their statements in order to reduce the risk of opposition and minimize the threat to face that lurks behind every act of communication(Salager-Myers,2000:3).This position associates hedges with scientific imprecision and defines them as linguistic cues of bias which avoid personal accountability for statements. In our daily interactions, we feel the need to modulate our messages to guarantee a certain level of acceptability and possibility of existence(ibid,1995:141) | ||
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