Hedging practices in soft science research articles: A corpus-based analysis of Indonesian authors

Hedging devices play a crucial role in mitigating claims and reducing directness academic writing. Their utilisation scholarly discourse facilitates tentativeness fosters effective communication. The present study investigates the use of hedging by Indonesian researchers soft sciences. dataset comprises 2,511,423 words from 400 research articles authored scholars. results demonstrate that field sciences utilised hedges at rate 103.77 per 10,000 words, which is comparatively lower when contrasted with usage observed published internationally renowned journals both native non-native English speakers. Additionally, modal auxiliary verbs were identified as most commonly employed category devices, verb can being predominant item across all types hedges. findings contribute to understanding practices among speakers, particularly context. This concludes suggesting potential area for improvement writing researchers, especially humanities social