Gender Differences and Politeness: Employment of

Hedges”

Student: Mariam Gasparyan

Supervisor: Gayane Muradyan
 CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

CONCLUSION
 THE AIM

The main aim of the current research is to discuss and

analyze the very types of hedges used by men and women.
My research also focuses on the study of the types of hedges
and their function in everyday speech.
 OBJECTIVES

To study and present the

general characteristics, types,
features of hedges

To examine the politeness and

hedging strategies in English
language

To investigate different types of

hedges

To analyze hedging gender use

and to classify shifts
 What is politeness?

The 4 strategies of politeness

according to Brown and
Levinson

Bald-On Record

Possitive face
Positive Politeness:

Negative Politeness
Negative face
Off -Record
 Hedging devices

Lexical fillers shields

Modal
Auxiliaries

Main approxim
adverbs
verbs ators
5 words lexical hedges as fillers 6 words
4 3
lexical hedges as a verb:
 lexical hedges as modal auxiliary verb,

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lexical hedges as compound hedges

lexical hedges as adverb of

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