VOL. 55, BOOK 1, PART B, 2017, pp. 266 – 273 Full text (En)
Author: Polina Petcova
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
The problems surrounding hedging research may never be sufficiently resolved, linguists may never agree on matters such as “what is a hedge”, “what exactly is their function”, “what devices can act as hedges”, etc. But awareness of hedging does make us better communicators and its impact is indubitable. The present paper provides a brief overview of some significant research on hedging.
Key words: hedges, hedging, face-threatening acts, negative/positive politeness, rounders, adaptors, plausibility/attribution shields
