Browsing Department of Cultural Studies and Languages (HF-IKS) by Subject "hedge"
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Hedging in Year Nine Girls’ and Boys' Written English in Norwegian Schools
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)This aim of this thesis is to investigate the use of hedging devices in the English writing of year nine girls and boys in two Norwegian lower secondary schools. Hyland (2005: 52) defines hedges as devices that “indicate ...