The use of hedging expressions in research articles by English native and non-native researchers

العناوين الأخرى

استخدام ألفاظ التحوط في مقالات بحثية لباحثين ناطقين بالإنجليزية و غيرها

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Harb, Abir Nadim

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

Husayn, Riyad Fayiz Isa

أعضاء اللجنة

Khafaji, Rasul
Abu al-Hayja, Lutfi

الجامعة

جامعة الشرق الأوسط

الكلية

كلية الآداب و العلوم

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم اللغة الإنجليزية

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2012

الملخص الإنجليزي

This study was an attempt to explore "The Use of Hedging Expressions in Research Articles by English Native and Non-Native Researchers".

The corpus represented thirty authentic research articles by different language back - grounds researchers.

It aimed to investigate and find out the extent of use of hedging types and expressions used by researchers.

A special emphasis was given to the introduction and conclusion sections of the research articles.

To achieve this goal, the researcher raised the following four questions : 1.

What are the types of hedging expressions used by English, Arab and Chinese writers or researchers? 2.

What are the most frequent hedging expressions used by English, Arab, and Chinese writers or researchers? 3.

In what sections of the articles – introductions or conclusions, are most hedging expressions used? 4.

What are the implications of the use of the hedging expressions by different language background writers? To answer the above questions, the researcher used simple descriptive, contrastive, statistical analyses such as means, frequencies and percentages.

Moreover, Hyland's taxonomy of hedges was used.

The results of the study showed that English native researchers tended to use hedging expressions more than non – native researchers.

Moreover, the results showed variation and difference in the use of hedging expressions by researchers both qualitatively and quantitatively.

التخصصات الرئيسية

اللغات والآداب المقارنة

عدد الصفحات

93

قائمة المحتويات

Table of contents.

Abstract.

Abstract in Arabic.

Chapter One : Introduction.

Chapter Two : Review of related literature.

Chapter Three : Methods and procedures.

Chapter Four : Analysis and findings of the study.

Chapter Five : Discussion and conclusions.

References.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Harb, Abir Nadim. (2012). The use of hedging expressions in research articles by English native and non-native researchers. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-693114

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Harb, Abir Nadim. The use of hedging expressions in research articles by English native and non-native researchers. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University. (2012).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-693114

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Harb, Abir Nadim. (2012). The use of hedging expressions in research articles by English native and non-native researchers. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-693114

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-693114