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 cinematic medium consists of a group of elements that overlap with each other in balance, giving it its high influential capabilities, and the character is one of the most important of these elements, as it performs a set of important functions, foremost of which is the transmission of the main ideas to the recipient, and since cinema is an art closely related to the intellectual data of the worlds outside it, it is influenced by them and then reproduces them intellectually more deeply and with a higher vitality through its intermediate elements, including the character, to re-broadcast them to society with a retrograde movement, and the character of the prisoner is one of the cinematic characters that achieved this goal, as we can infe
... Show MoreAbstract Infinitives and gerunds are non-finite verb forms which cannot be indicated by tense, number, or person. The construction of non-finite verbs is intricate because of their nature of meanings, forms, and functions. The major problem is that both infinitival and gerundial complements have identical functions and occupy identical positions in the sentences. Thus, there is a confusion in using an infinitival and gerundial forms after aspectual verbs. The selection of either one of these two forms as complements is controlled syntactically or semantically. Moreover, both forms can be used usually with similar predicate but with neat difference in meaning. In addition, there are problems with controlling the use of aspect, since aspectua
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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease believed to be the result of autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system, characterised by inflammation, demyelination, and axonal transection, affecting primarily young adults. Disease modifying therapies have become widely used, and the rapid development of these drugs highlighted the need to update our knowledge on their short- and long-term safety profile.
Objective:
The study aim is to evaluate the impact of disease-modifying treatments on thyroid functions and thyroid autoantibodies with subsequent effects on the outcome of the disease.
Materials and Methods:
A retro prospective study
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The present study deals with the websites of Iraqi political parties on the internet to identify the effectiveness in providing communicative applications that help audience to participate, express their opinions, their positions, and other aspects reflecting the extent of employing modern technological tools to allow opportunities for political, and democratic participation since the internet has become an effective tool for political communications of political parties. The research sample includes eight political parties. The research concludes that the Iraqi political parties do not employ interactive communication patterns to reflect their interests in communicating with the public, providing opportunities for their participation an
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اسباب تفرد استخدام خط النسخ في تصميم الحروف الطباعية
في تعزيز بيئة الانتاج الرشيق استخدام اسلوب S -5
ان دراسة مستقبل النظام الدولي حاليا يبدو انه وفق المعطيات العلمية والوقائع القائمة في ظل بروز الفواعل الدولية من غير الدول، والمؤسسات غير الرسمية الدولية انه يتجه لنظام اللاقطبية وهذا الاتجاه تغذيه متغيرات عديدة لتقليص القطبية، ومن المتوقع مستقبلاً ان تحول النظام الدولي الى اللاقطبية.
يهدف البحث إلى دراسة مبادرة الحزام والطريق الصينية وتحليلها ، لأنها تمثل تحولاً نوعيا في استراتيجية الصين الرامية لتعزيز علاقاتها مع دول العالم وتطويرها ، إذ بدأت الصين في توظيف إمكاناتها ، وتسخير وسائلها ؛ لتحقيق هدفها الاستراتيجي في زيادة نفوذها الإقليمي والدولي عبر بناء شراكات استراتيجية مع دول العالم بعيداً عن سياسات المحاور والتحالفات ، مركزة على الجانب الاقتصادي فيها، مع عدم تجاهل التأييد السيا
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تعد عملية التنمية المستدامة احد اهم متطلبات اشباع ومعالجة المستجدات الحديثة في العالم اليوم، من خلال تعبئة الموارد المادية والبشرية لغرض اجراء تحولات كبرى في المجتمع، وتأسيس بنى اجتماعية سياسية مختصة تسانده وتؤدي وظائفه، وتكون هذه العلميات مصحوبه بتوترات وتحديات عديدة منها ازمة التغير المناخي التي تعد احد اهم القضايا المطروحة على المستوى العالمي في ظل ما يترتب على هذه الظاهرة من تغيرات خطيرة تهد
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