HEDGES IN RESEARCH ARTICLE DISCUSSION IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY AMONG ACCREDITED NATIONAL JOURNALS OF DIFFERENT SINTA RANKS

Karunia, Riga Okta and Safnil, Safnil and Azwandi, Azwandi (2022) HEDGES IN RESEARCH ARTICLE DISCUSSION IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY AMONG ACCREDITED NATIONAL JOURNALS OF DIFFERENT SINTA RANKS. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

The study of hedges in Indonesia with Indonesian scholars as the subject is still rare to find. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate how Indonesian scholars used hedges in research article discussions published in different SINTA ranks and investigate the difference used by the scholars. This research used a descriptive quantitative approach that investigated 65 research article discussions published in all SINTA ranks (SINTA 1-6) in Applied Linguistics in 2021-2022. The data were taken by using the purposive sampling technique and they were analyzed by using the framework of Hyland (1998). The results revealed that Indonesian scholars in SINTA 1-6 used all hedges types in research article discussions, and the most frequent types used were Verbs and Modal auxiliaries and semi-modal verbs. Moreover, Indonesian scholars in SINTA 1-5 used more Verbs in their discussions. Meanwhile, Modal auxiliaries and semi-modal verbs type was more often used by Indonesian scholars in SINTA 6. These findings indicate the importance of using hedges in writing the research article discussions for Indonesian scholars in Applied Linguistics. The writers are suggested to use more hedges when writing research article discussions. Keywords: Applied Linguistics, research article discussion, SINTA ranks, hedges.

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