Remarks on the Communicative Functions of Hedging in Popular Scientific and Specialist Research Articles on Medicine
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in English for Specific Purposes
- Vol. 18 (2), 177-200
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0889-4906(98)00007-6
Abstract
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