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Summary Writing: A Topographical Study.
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Sherrard, Carol – Written Communication, 1986
Examines summaries of expository text written by undergraduate students to discover the nature of text-to-summary mapping. Finds that simple omission and one-to-one mapping of text sentences into summary sentences were the most favored strategies. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Sentence Structure
Talking to the Academy: Forms of Hedging in Science Research Articles.
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Hyland, Ken – Written Communication, 1996
Defines "hedging" as linguistic strategies that qualify categorical commitment to express possibility rather than certainty. Suggests that hedging is central to effective argument in scientific writing. Identifies the major forms, functions, and distribution of hedges in a corpus of 26 molecular biology research articles and describes…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Content Analysis, Expository Writing, Higher Education