The application of hedging in academic medical English papers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2015.10.010
- VernacularTitle:模糊限制语在医学英语学术论文中的应用
- Author:
Lu LU
;
Guoying ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical English;
Hedging;
Corpus
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2015;14(10):1012-1015
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Hedging is an important component of vague language. This paper retrieves high frequency expressions of hedgingby using medical English corpus. Pragmatic functions of hedging are analyzed, which can be summarized as politeness principle, authors' self-protection, avoidance of the absolute, pursuit of objectiveness as well as conversational implication. To medical researchers, it is necessary to cultivate the awareness of hedging and learn how to adopt it in their research papers.
