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Rhetorical Impact through Hedging Devices in the "Results and Discussion" Part of a Civil Engineering Research Article
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Khamesian, Minoo – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
It is common knowledge that hedging devices as a rhetorical technique common in all persuasive writing are considerably important in scientific discourse, for they are tools which facilitate presenting claims or arguments in a polite, acceptable and respectful manner. In addition, they are discoursal resources available to a scientific writer's…
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