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Hedges in undergraduate writing: A comparative study

MALÁŠKOVÁ, Martina

Basic information

Original name

Hedges in undergraduate writing: A comparative study

Name in Czech

Prostředky vyjadřování nejistoty v akademických textech vysokoškolských studentů: srovnávací studie

Authors

Edition

EAP in Saxony and the Czech Republic: From Studying to Language Services, 2011

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Presentations at conferences

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

Keywords (in Czech)

prostředky vyjadřování nejistoty, akademické psaní, vysokoškolský

Keywords in English

hedges, academic writing, undergraduate

Tags

International impact
Changed: 15/1/2012 15:06, Mgr. Martina Malášková, Ph.D.

Abstract

In the original language

The presentation deals with the differences in the use of hedges between Czech and German undergraduate writing. It looks into possible factors influencing the discrepancies in the frequency of occurrence of hedges in the examined texts.