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Hedging and Discourse

Published 4 August 1997
Raija Markkanen, Hartmut Schröder
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Abstract

The term was introduced by G. Lakoss at the beginning of the 1970s and since then has provided a starting point for theoretical and empirical studies, especially in pragmatics. This volume reviews the present state of research in the area and contains studies of hedging strategies in English, German, Finnish and Russian, using academic text-types as exemplar.This volume reviews the present state of research in the area and contains studies of hedging strategies in English, German, Finnish and Russian, using academic text-types as exemplar.

Keywords

PsychologySocial Sciences