Mahnaz S. Bathaie

[ 1 ] - Hedging as an Index of Gender Realization in Research Articles in Applied Linguistics

Despite the importance of hedging in academic productions, its use in different disciplines and genres has been given little attention (Hyland, 1998; Crystal, 1995). More precisely, the role of different genders as contributors to this social phenomenon (i.e., research articles) has been taken as neutral, as if gender is inconsequential in identity construction. The studies done in English sugg...