Hedges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23693003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wiltrud Mihatsch (0000-0001-5671-0499, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0496 |
| OpenAlex | W4234778538 |
| ISBN | 9781405198431 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
Inspired by the idea of degrees of category membership as developed by fuzzy set theory, coined the term “hedge” for “words whose job is to make things fuzzier or less fuzzy.”
Fuzzy logic · Fuzzy set · Hedge · Mathematical economics · Physics · Programming language · Set (abstract data type) · Term (time) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · linguistics and terminology studies · Mathematics
Hedging in Scientific Research Articles
Approaches to Discourse Particles
Degree Words
English Discourse Particles
A unitary approach to Lexical Pragmatics
Metadiscourse in Persuasive Writing
Discourse and social change
Quantification and the Use of English
The Kind Of/Sort Of Construction
Politeness
Conversational mitigation
Hedges and boosters in women's and men's speech
Interactive aspects of vagueness in conversation
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |