In addition, they are discoursal resources available to a scientific writer's propositionsto express uncertainty, skepticism, and open-mindedness.
Minoo Khamesian 2015, 'Rhetorical Impact through Hedging Devices in the ‘Results and Discussion' Part ofa Civil Engineering Research Article', Advances in Language and Literary Studieshttp://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/alls/article/view/1917. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
According to discoursal views on language, variations in textualization strategies are always socio-contextually motivated and never happen at random.
Mina Abbasi Bonabi, Kazem Lotfipour-Saedi, Fatemeh Hemmati, Manoochehr Jafarigohar 2018, 'Variations in Textualization: A Cross-generic and Cross-disciplinary Study, Implicationsfor Readability of the Academic Discourse', Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Researchhttp://ijltr.urmia.ac.ir/article_20489.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)