Talk:Hedge (linguistics)

message: "Indirect illocution is an illocutionary act in which the speaker expresses another illocutionary force." What sort of definition uses the root word itself not once but THREE times? In addition to not being very good english... the first sentence is simply gibberish. In the same way that "dynamics is dynamically important to expressing oneself dynamically" is a both a bad definition and gibberish.
Novium 20:08, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  first sentence 

message: I have redone the article, not being sure whether the previous version was talking about hedges at all. Comments and improvements welcome. JREL (talk) 11:13, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whole article 

message: This is an excellent article.  I believe there might be a difference between saying,
"All I know smoking is harmful to your health." and 
"All I know is, smoking is harmful to your health."
Without the "is", I think "all I know" might be a shortening of the expression, "For all I know," which indicates the speaker feels what they state following the expression is possible but is quite unsure.
With the "is", I believe "all I know" means the opposite; that while the speaker is unsure of anything else, they are quite sure of whatever they state following the expression. 
Opinions? Lawyer2b 17:38, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference between "For all I know" (truncated) and "All I know"? 

message: I am going to be redoing some of the structure of this article, since in its current form it is very unorganized. Obviously adding a definition section and an examples section.
I'm planning to write a section about the effect of hedges on comprehension and their role in discourse.Also I believe that examples of hedges in other languages will be a good tool in showing the general use of hedges cross-linguistically, instead of just providing english examples, which may make the reader think that hedges are an English only act.
The following are some sources that I've found that talk about hedges. They are scholarly articles, and actually most of them are studies, that focus on the effects on processing from hedges: 
Exploring linguistic and cultural variations in the use of hedges in English and Chinese scientific discourse: 
        - Yang, Yingli (May, 2013). "Exploring linguistic and cultural variations in the use of hedges in English and Chinese scientific discourse". Journal of Pragmatics. 50: 23–36 – via Elsevier Science Direct. Check date values in: |date= (help) 
To hedge or not to hedge: the use of epistemic modal expressions in popular science in English texts, English–German translations, and German original texts: 
        -  Kranich, Svenja (1st January, 2011). "To hedge or not to hedge: the use of epistemic modal expressions in popular science in English texts, English–German translations, and German original texts". Text & Talk - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse & Communication Studies. 31: 77–99 – via De Greuyter. Check date values in: |date= (help)
The impact of pragmatic markers and hedging on sentence comprehension: a case study of comme and genre:
       -  Hennecke, Inga (June 2015). "The impact of pragmatic markers and hedging on sentence comprehension: a case study of comme and genre" (PDF). Journal of French Language Studies. 27: 1–26 – via Cambridge Core.
Willkirton (talk) 01:19, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Effects on Processing and Examples in Other Languages

message: I plan on research hedging in written form and its effects.
Hennecke, I. (2016). The impact of pragmatic markers and hedging on sentence comprehension: a case study of comme and genre. Journal of French Language Studies, 27(03), 355-380. doi:10.1017/s0959269516000247
Crompton, P. (1997). Hedging in academic writing: Some theoretical problems. English for Specific Purposes, 16(4), 271-287. doi:10.1016/s0889-4906(97)00007-0
Kim, L. C., & Lim, J. M. (2015). Hedging in Academic Writing - A Pedagogically-Motivated Qualitative Study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 197, 600-607. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.200
--Joohochung (talk) 02:20, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hedging in Writing