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題名 Graduate Students’ Use of Hedging Devices
研究生的規避詞使用
作者 葉純純
Yeh, Chun-Chun
關鍵詞 academic writing ; epistemic modality ; graduate student writing ; hedging
學術寫作;認知情態詞;研究生寫作;規避詞
日期 2007-12
上傳時間 9-May-2018 16:43:38 (UTC+8)
摘要 Hedging, or the mitigation of claims, is often regarded as a significant rhetorical strategy in academic writing. Writers` inability to make claims at an appropriate level may result in a failure to be accepted in the academic discourse community. The current study compiled a corpus of student writing and investigated graduate student writers` hedging behavior, with a specific focus on epistemic modality markers. A comparison of graduate student and expert writers` hedging practices shows that students use a greater number of hedging devices than expert writers. In addition, they rely on a limited range of epistemic items to hedge their writing, while epistemic nouns are noticeably under-used. In terms of epistemic commitment, these graduate student writers use more certainty than tentative markers. The results may imply a need for awareness raising among graduate students about hedging functions in academic writing.
規避詞(或是論點的緩和)經常被認為在學術寫作中是一個重要的修辭技巧。寫作者不能適切地發表主張,或許也就無法受到學術論述社群所接受。此研究蒐集了學生寫作的語料,並且探究研究生們的規避詞使用行為,尤其是認知情態詞標記。透過比較研究生以及專業作家的規避詞使用,顯示了學生比專業作家使用較多的規避詞。此外,他/她們使用有限的認知詞來使語氣上更婉轉,而認知名詞是最少使用到的。就認知投入而言,這些研究生使用了較多確定標記更甚於假設標記。研究結果建議有必須提升研究生們在學術寫作中規避功能的認識。
關聯 Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 4(2),25-42
臺灣英語教學期刊
資料類型 article
dc.creator (作者) 葉純純zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Yeh, Chun-Chunen_US
dc.date (日期) 2007-12-
dc.date.accessioned 9-May-2018 16:43:38 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 9-May-2018 16:43:38 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 9-May-2018 16:43:38 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/117135-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Hedging, or the mitigation of claims, is often regarded as a significant rhetorical strategy in academic writing. Writers` inability to make claims at an appropriate level may result in a failure to be accepted in the academic discourse community. The current study compiled a corpus of student writing and investigated graduate student writers` hedging behavior, with a specific focus on epistemic modality markers. A comparison of graduate student and expert writers` hedging practices shows that students use a greater number of hedging devices than expert writers. In addition, they rely on a limited range of epistemic items to hedge their writing, while epistemic nouns are noticeably under-used. In terms of epistemic commitment, these graduate student writers use more certainty than tentative markers. The results may imply a need for awareness raising among graduate students about hedging functions in academic writing.en_US
dc.description.abstract (摘要) 規避詞(或是論點的緩和)經常被認為在學術寫作中是一個重要的修辭技巧。寫作者不能適切地發表主張,或許也就無法受到學術論述社群所接受。此研究蒐集了學生寫作的語料,並且探究研究生們的規避詞使用行為,尤其是認知情態詞標記。透過比較研究生以及專業作家的規避詞使用,顯示了學生比專業作家使用較多的規避詞。此外,他/她們使用有限的認知詞來使語氣上更婉轉,而認知名詞是最少使用到的。就認知投入而言,這些研究生使用了較多確定標記更甚於假設標記。研究結果建議有必須提升研究生們在學術寫作中規避功能的認識。zh_TW
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dc.relation (關聯) Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 4(2),25-42-
dc.relation (關聯) 臺灣英語教學期刊-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) academic writing ; epistemic modality ; graduate student writing ; hedgingen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 學術寫作;認知情態詞;研究生寫作;規避詞zh_TW
dc.title (題名) Graduate Students’ Use of Hedging Devicesen_US
dc.title (題名) 研究生的規避詞使用zh_TW
dc.type (資料類型) article-