Based on a corpus of 10 texts in material science discipline, this paper explores the use of scientific English hedging both by Chinese and English writers. The result shows that there are similarities as well as diff...Based on a corpus of 10 texts in material science discipline, this paper explores the use of scientific English hedging both by Chinese and English writers. The result shows that there are similarities as well as differences in hedging frequency and distribution between the research articles by Chinese writers and native English writers. Research articles written by Chinese writers tend to be more direct and authoritative in tone as a result of higher frequency of approximators and lower frequency of plausibility shields.展开更多
文摘Based on a corpus of 10 texts in material science discipline, this paper explores the use of scientific English hedging both by Chinese and English writers. The result shows that there are similarities as well as differences in hedging frequency and distribution between the research articles by Chinese writers and native English writers. Research articles written by Chinese writers tend to be more direct and authoritative in tone as a result of higher frequency of approximators and lower frequency of plausibility shields.
