Epistemic modality markers in research articles: A cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary study

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-87

  Vold, Eva Thue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Academic discourse; Cross linguistic and cross disciplinary variation; Epistemic modality; Hedging

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645151843     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2006.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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