Hedges, boosters and lexical invisibility: Noticing modifiers in academic texts

Language Awareness

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 179-197

  Hyland, Ken ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 85009553364     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658410008667145     Document Type: Article

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