The effects of hedges and gender on the attitudes of readers in the United States toward material in a science textbook

Culture and Styles of Academic Discourse

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 223-247

  Crismore, Avon ^a   Vande Kopple, William J ^a  

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