Hedges in Review of Related Literature Section of the Undergraduate Students Skripsi of English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University. Skripsi

Fawaid, Shohibul (2012) Hedges in Review of Related Literature Section of the Undergraduate Students Skripsi of English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University. Skripsi. Update Test thesis, Universitas Muria Kudus.

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There are some features of academic writing and hedging is the one of features of academic writing. There are seven expressions that represent the use of hedges in scientific English composed by Salager Meyer. Hedging is a linguistic feature which conveys of the fundamental characteristic of science of doubt and scepticism. Hedges can defined as the expression of doubt and uncertainty such as may, might, could, seem, consider, etc. Hedges are very important role in academic writing since it is necessary to make decision about our stance on particular subject, or the strength of claim we are making. Skripsi is included as academic writing that has objective to inform rather than entertain so hedges has important role in making skripsi. The objective of this research is to identify the types of hedges used in Review of Related Literature Section of the Undergraduate Students Skripsi 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 is hedges in the review of related literature section of the Undergraduate Students Skripsi of English Education Department , Teacher Training and Education Faculty , Muria Kudus University. The data are collected through documentation from 10 undergraduate students’ skripsi of English Education Department between 2007 until 2011. The data source of this research is the 10 English Skripsi in the Review of Related Literature Section of the Undergraduate Students Skripsi of English Education Department , Teacher Training and Education Faculty , Muria Kudus University. As the result of analysis the data, the writer draws some conclusion that shows frequency of the types of hedges found in the review of related literature; They are modal auxiliary verb (58.9%), modal lexical verbs (4.9%), adjectival, adverbial and nominal modal phrases ( 2% ), approximators of degree, quantity, frequency and time (18.8% ), introductory phrases (9,2%), if clauses (4,6%), compound hedges (3,5%). This finding shows that the writers of the Skripsi prefer to use modal auxiliary when making claims and stance in the review of related literature section because by using hedging devices of modal auxiliary verb the writers want to show their confidence in the truth of what they state in the review of related literature section. The writer considers hedging is very important in academic writing. So, English Lecturers must teach students how to identify and use hedging devices effectively and properly not only in making English Skripsi, but also in the other English Writings like journal, article, essay, etc.

Item Type: Skripsi/ Thesis (Update Test)
Dosen Pembimbing: Advisors: (i) Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M. Pd., (ii). Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd.
Kata Kunci: hedges, academic writing and types of hedges.
Subjects: Bahasa dan sastra > Filologi. Linguistik. > Bahasa. Teori linguistik. Tata Bahasa. > Tata Bahasa
Bahasa dan sastra > Filologi. Linguistik.
Bahasa dan sastra > Bahasa Inggris
Bahasa dan sastra > Filologi. Linguistik. > Bahasa. Teori linguistik. Tata Bahasa. > Gaya. Komposisi. Retorik
Program Studi: Fakultas Keguruan & Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Users 2 not found.
Date Deposited: 09 Oct 2012 03:34
Last Modified: 09 Oct 2012 03:34
URI: http://eprints.umk.ac.id/id/eprint/372

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