Hedging is a linguistic avoidance of full commitment or precision. It is the use of a vague language. The main objectives of this study are to: (1) identify and classify the linguistic devices which act as hedges; (2) to examine the semantic functions of these devices. This paper makes use of word class as well as clausal constructions to represent the forms of hedges in relation to certain grammatical categories, namely: adverbials, epistemic verbs, modal verbs, cognitive verbs, hypothetical constructions, anticipatory it-clause, and anticipatory constructions. The text analysed is the first presidential debate between Senator Barak Obama and Senator John McCain on the campus of the University of Mississippi, during the presidential election campaign of the Republican and the Democrat parties in America.The results show that politicians use hedges to mild their language in process to, so that not to be proved wrong later. This justification is that the claims they had already made were only an approximation to the statements.
The intensification of competition in the business environment has forced research organizations to develop marketing dynamics that help them to sense and conceptualize market opportunities and uncertainties. Then, the marketing capabilities of the organization are restructured and developed according to mechanisms such as speed, timing, and frequency of application. The problem of most organizations is their lack of interest in capabilities Marketing dynamics, which represent the most important factor in enhancing their marketing performance, so the objective of the research is to identify the most important capabilities that banks should pay attention to and evaluate their role in determining the strategic direction of th
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خلال الربع الأخير من القرن العشرين ، شهد الاقتصاد العالمي تحولا في مختلف المجالات التجارية والتكنولوجية والمالية التي غيرت هيكلها وأنتجت وضعا جديدا يتمثل بشكل رئيس في زيادة حركة رأس المال الأجنبي والتوسع السريع للإنتاج الدولي والتجارة بالإضافة إلى التطور التكنولوجي الهائل ونقل التكنولوجيا ، مما أدى إلى هوس الدول بالمنافسة على المستوى العالمي والسعي لدخول الأسواق الدولية وتحسين قدرتها التنافسية. وت
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English, like any other language, has a number of such discourse markers including well, yes, surely, on the contrary, so and nevertheless. They are lexical items or grammatical forms typically serve to relate one utterance to another in discourse.
Discourse markers are considered as cues or signals for the reader or the hearer that make cohesion and coherence, In fact, these markers are found in various grammatical forms such as interjections, linking adverbials, greetings and farewells….etc. Discourse markers. Play a very important role, not only in conversation, but in written text as well.
يهدف البحث إلى الكشف عن تأثير الممارسات الأخلاقية الجامعية (السلبية والإيجابية) في تحديد مستوى جودة الأداء الجامعي، اختار الباحثان عينة من كليات الإدارة والاقتصاد في جامعات المنطقة الجنوبية مجالا للدراسة، واعتمد فرضية مفادها (يعتمد مستوى الأداء الجامعي على تجنب الممارسات السلبية في السلوك الأخلاقي الجامعي والالتزام بالممارسات الإيجابية). توصل البحث إلى مجموعة من الاستنتاجات من
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يهدف هذا البحث إلى دراسة مسببات الصراع، والتي شملت (المصالح الشخصية، التمايز المهني والوظيفي، ضعف التنسيق والتعاون وسوء تحديد الواجبات ووصف العمل)، وأثرها في قرارات المستشفى التي شملت (مدى تحقيق الأهداف، خدمة المريض وإرضاءه، كفاءة استخدام الموارد المتاحة، ومكافأة العاملين وتحفيزهم).
لقد تم اختيار مستشفى بغداد التعليمي ومستشفى غازي الحريري التابعتين لدا
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The study was conducted at research station A, department of field crops, college of agricultural engineering sciences, university of Baghdad during summer 2021 to evaluate the effect of boron and some growth regulators on some growth criteria and yield of soybean crop (cv. shimaa). The experiment was carried out according to split plots by using randomized complete block design with three replications. The main plots included three concentrations of boron (75, 150 and 225) mg.L-1, the sub-plots included three levels of growth regulators, spraying kinetin (100 mg. L-1), spraying ethrel (200 mg.L-1) and spraying kinetin (100 mg.L-1) + spraying ethrel (200 mg.L-1) as
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ة ө تخدام عدس ө ي باس ө اذف الكترون ө میم ق ө وب لتص ө تخدام الحاس ө ة باس ө ة نظری ө تم في ھذا البحث اجراء دراس
مغمورة ثنائیة الاقطاب لحالة التكبیر المحدد مع الاخذ بنظر الاعتبار تاثیرات شحنة الفراغ على تصمیم القاذف.
ن ө وري م ө د المح ө تم التوصل لاختیار الشكل المناسب لاقطاب ھذه العدسة من خلال دراسة توزیع الجھ
ة ө ل معادل ө ن ح ө وم (Finite element methode) ةө ر المتناھی ө ة العناص ө تخدام طریق ө حل معادلة بوزان و
The Role of Japan in the Reconstruction of Iraq
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The research aims to clarify the role of electronic marketing and what it can achieve in promoting the products of the national industry in Iraq. Marketing channel depends on modern communication and information technology that industrial and metal companies can use in promoting and selling their products along with traditional marketing outlets. To achieve the objectives of the research, a questionnaire was used, which consists of three axes, the first includes the personal data of the sample (gender, age, educational attainment, place of residence, marital status, income level), while the second axis includes various questions about the products of the national industry. Third axis includes que
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