Hedges and boosters in the Yemeni EFL undergraduates' persuasive essay: An empirical study
The majority of research into EFL writing was on the area of linguistic competency (i.e. mastery of gram-mar and lexis).However, there is a need for investigating other pragmatic aspects of writing such as hedges and boosters which have not received the attention they deserve in the learners' w...
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Main Authors: | Alward, Ali S., Chua, Choon Mooi, Bidin, Siti Jamilah |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/9310/1/34-01.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/9310/ http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/users/tle/JOURNAL/ |
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