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hedge (n./v.)  
  
580   04:15 مساءً   date: 2023-09-18
Author : David Crystal
Book or Source : A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics
Page and Part : 227-8


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hedge (n./v.)

An application in PRAGMATICS and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS of a general sense of the word (‘to be non-committal or evasive’) to a range of items which express a notion of imprecision or qualification. Examples of hedging include sort of, more or less, I mean, approximately, roughly. Hedges may also be used in combination: something of the order of 10 per cent, more or less.