摘要 | 第1-5页 |
Abstract | 第5-8页 |
Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
·Rationale for the present study | 第8-10页 |
·Aims of the present study | 第10页 |
·Specific questions to be addressed | 第10-12页 |
Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-31页 |
·The concept of hedging & hedge | 第12-15页 |
·Classifications of hedges | 第15-19页 |
·Classifications of hedges by Prince et al | 第16-17页 |
·Classifications of hedges by Hyland | 第17-19页 |
·Semantics of hedges | 第19-24页 |
·Hedges as devices to increase fuzziness | 第20-22页 |
·Hedges as devices to decrease fuzziness | 第22-24页 |
·Pragmatics of hedges | 第24-29页 |
·Textual functions of hedges | 第24-26页 |
·Interpersonal functions of hedges | 第26-29页 |
·A brief summary of this chapter | 第29-31页 |
Chapter Three Methodology | 第31-33页 |
·Description of the data | 第31-32页 |
·Methods of data analysis | 第32-33页 |
Chapter Four Hedging in RAs of the Two Disciplines | 第33-70页 |
·Overall incidence of the hedging devices in the corpora | 第33-35页 |
·Specific categories of hedging devices in the study | 第35-67页 |
·Modal verbs | 第35-46页 |
·Full verbs | 第46-51页 |
·Adverbs | 第51-56页 |
·Adjectives | 第56-60页 |
·Nouns | 第60-63页 |
·Clausal elements | 第63-65页 |
·Other hedges | 第65-67页 |
·Distribution of hedging devices in different RA sections | 第67-69页 |
·A brief summary of this chapter | 第69-70页 |
Chapter Five Findings and Discussions | 第70-80页 |
·Major findings | 第70-73页 |
·Similarities of hedging devices in the two disciplines | 第70-71页 |
·Disciplinary discrepancies of hedging devices | 第71-73页 |
·Pragmatic discussions—a case study | 第73-80页 |
·The use of hedges in linguistics RAs | 第73-76页 |
·The use of hedges in physics RAs | 第76-80页 |
Chapter Six Implications & Conclusions | 第80-85页 |
·Implications for the teaching of EAP | 第80-82页 |
·Some limitations in the present study | 第82-83页 |
·Conclusion | 第83-85页 |
Acknowledgements | 第85-86页 |
Bibliography | 第86-91页 |
Appendix | 第91-96页 |
Articles Published | 第96页 |