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论文类型：会议论文

发表时间：2011-01-01

收录刊物：CPCI-SSH

页面范围：239-249

关键字：hedges; hedging; ESL; EFL; identities

摘要：By comparing and contrasting the use of hedges/hedging in English writing by three groups of college students of different cultural backgrounds, this study contests the notion that cultural differences contribute to the disparity in using hedges/hedging in English writing. It demonstrates that the use of hedging has little to do with a writer's identity and it is not a problem for writers who don't speak English as a native language. It raises such issues for further discussion as what it means to write in a second language, the standard of a standard writing and the notion of native-like proficiency.