Naslov
Hedging in Conclusions of American and Croatian Research Articles in the Humanities

Autori
Beljo, Adrian ; Miškulin Saletović, Lucia

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Reconciling the Traditional and Contemporary, The New Integrated Communication / Verčič, Dejan ; Jugo, Damir ; Ciboci, Lana - Zagreb : Veleučilište Edward Bernays, 2015, 526-543

ISBN
978-953-58317-1-6

Skup
Communication Management Forum 2015

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 08.05.2015. - 09.05.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
text variety ; text type ; macrostructure ; web portal articles ; handball ; Croatian ; German
(hedging ; research articles ; humanities ; American English ; Croatian ; cross-cultural differences)

Sažetak
Objectivity, clarity of language, intertextuality, formality and metadiscourse belong to the most prominent features of academic writing. Hedging as a subcategory of metadiscourse is defined differently by different authors. For the purpose of our analysis, hedges are regarded as rhetorical, semantic and pragmatic devices used to present research results cautiously, tentatively, diplomatically and modestly. Nevertheless, conventions for hedging in academic writing vary from discipline to discipline, as well as from culture to culture. The goal of our analysis was to investigate hedges in the conclusions of research articles in the humanities written by native speakers of American English and Croatian. The corpus consisted of 80 research articles published in American and Croatian journals. Firstly, the conclusions were analyzed in order to determine types and frequency of hedges. Secondly, the American English and Croatian parts of the corpus were compared and possible explanations were provided for the similarities and differences determined.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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