Hedges and Boosters in Research Article Abstracts of Turkish and Chinese Scholars

In the reviewed literature, many studies have compared research articles written by L1 and L2 speakers of English. this regard, comparing English from two different linguistic backgrounds distinguishes study similar studies. While writing article abstract, writers need to calculate what weight give their arguments while showing credibility authority at same time. Given these reasons, use hedges boosters in RA abstract is a worthwhile topic be searched. The goal investigate hedging boosting strategies abstracts Turkish Chinese scholars. They were identified analyzed accordance with Hyland’s (2000) list. results showed that academics didn’t show much statistical difference frequency hedges, but they preferred choose some instances.