期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：2
页码：295
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：Hedging is a kind of expression which transfers the indeterminacy in message andthrough which, authors of academic articles can present their claims and arguments cautiouslyand politely. This article aimed at investigating the types and frequency of hedges used byPersian and English native speakers in the conclusion section of academic research articles inthe field of English Teaching. To this end, 80 English teaching research articles published innational and international journals were randomly selected and their hedging devices inconclusion section were analyzed according to Salager-Meyer’s (1994) taxonomy. To find outabout the significance of difference, Chi-square was run. The results of the study indicated that,there is no significant difference between native and non- native authors in the use of hedgingdevices. The results evidenced that the majority of the non-native authors uses hedges in thesame way as their native counterparts, which reflects the fact that the use of hedging devices ismore related to discipline, rather than nationality of authors and non-native authors can exploittheir linguistic devise to present their ideas more effectively as native authors. The findings ofthis study could be applied in genre based academic writing instruction focusing on rhetoricalstructures.
