Abstract—The present study is a part of an ongoing research.
It is both qualitative and quantitative and it aims to contribute
to an understanding of how hedging devices and strategies are
exploited throughout the sampled English research articles. The
corpus of the present study is made up of the discussion sections
of English research articles published between 2013 and 2017.
Twenty English research article discussions restricted to
empirical studies were randomly selected from the Journal of
English for Academic Purposes. The statistical data measures (i)
the percentage of total research article discussions employing
the four hedging orientations and (ii) the percentage of total
research article discussions employing hedging items in specific
categories. Each hedging orientation is contributed by the
linguistic items/taxonomy of hedges by Hyland (1996).
Index Terms—Hedging, qualitative, quantitative,
pedagogical implication.
C. K. Loi, H. Bating, C. T. Soon, and Nur Shafiekah Sapan are with
Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan Sungai Pagar, 87000 Labuan, Wilayah
Persekutuan Labuan, Malaysia (e-mail: lck734@yahoo.com).
S. Akkakoson is with King Mongkut's University of Technology North
Bangkok, 1518, Phibulsongkram Road, Bangsue Bangkok 10800, Bangkok
(e-mail: songyutbee@hotmail.com).
Norazah Mohd Suki is with Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of
Business (OYAGSB), Universiti Utara Malaysia, Persiaran Perdana, 06010
Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia (e-mail: azahsuki@yahoo.com).
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Cite:Chek K. Loi, S. Akkakoson, H. Bating, Norazah Mohd Suki, Chow T. Soon, and Nur Shafiekah Sapan, "The Means by which Writers Present a Proposition as an Opinion in English Research Articles," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 112-116, 2019.