The Types of Hedges used in the Method of the Research Section of the Undergraduate Students Skripsi of English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University
| Main Author: | Hasan, Fadloli |
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| Format: | Bachelors NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
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, 2012
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http://eprints.umk.ac.id/428/1/Cover.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/428/2/CHAPTER_I.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/428/3/CHAPTER_II.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/428/4/CHAPTER_III.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/428/5/CHAPTER_IV.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/428/6/CHAPTER_V.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/428/7/CHAPTER_VI.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/428/8/Bibliography.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/428/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Some of the features of academic writing which seem to be difficult for non-native speakers are hedges. Hedges in professional scientific research articles are to show politeness (Myers, 1989). Hedges can be defined as the expression of doubt and uncertainty such as may, might, can, could, seem, generally, etc. hedges here are very significant in academic discourse since they are central rhetorical means of gaining communal adherence to knowledge claims (Salager-Meyer: 1997). The objectives of this research is to identify the types of hedges used in the English Skripsi Method of the Research Section of the Undergraduate Students of English Education Department , Teacher Training and Education Faculty , Muria Kudus University. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative research method. The data of this research are hedges in the method of the research section of the undergraduate program. The data are collected through documentation from 10 undergraduate skripsi between 2007 until 2011. The data source of this research is the 10 English Skripsi in the Method of the Research Section of English Education Department of Muria Kudus University. As the result of analysis the data, the writer draws some conclusion that showsfrequency of the types of hedgesfound in the method of the research; They are modal auxiliary verb (64%), modal lexical verbs (11%),approximators of degree quantity, frequency and time (4% ), adjectival, adverbial and nominal modal phrases ( 2% ), introductory phrases (9%),if clauses (10%). This finding shows that the writers of the skripsi prefer to use modal auxiliary in making claims. Finally, considering hedging is very important in academic writing. So The English student in English Education Department must be taught how to identify and use hedging devices effectively in their writing, especially in making skripsi.