An Exploratory Study of Hedging in Chinese ESL Learners’ Academic

• 作者: 陈玮
• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: HEDGING use of HEDGES ACADEMIC abstracts problems
• 年，卷（期）: 2013,（11X）
• 页码范围: 41-43
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: H319

摘要

Hedging, referring to the use of various lexical and syntactic features modifying and mitigating propositions and claims, is extensively employed in effective academic writing. However, the use of hedges seems to be quite problematic for lots of Chinese ESL learners. In view of the situation, this study explores the use of hedges in academic abstracts by a group of undergraduate English majors in a university in Hainan Province. After analyzing data from a corpus and interviews, several problems have been found in the use of hedging devices of these students, and relevant implications have been drawn to the teaching of hedging in the context, which can help the students produce more effective academic writing and to achieve greater university success.

作者信息

序号	姓名	单位	发文数	被引次数	H指数	G指数
1	陈玮	海南师范大学外国语学院	20	3	1.0	1.0