… They also hedge. This essay offers an account of how hedging makes a difference to testimony.
Two components of testimony are considered: how testimony warrants a hearer's attitude…

… In the condition with hedge words present, participants read testimony that had phrases
expressing uncertainty, such as “I think,” “fairly certain,” “might have,” “probably,” or “I guess.” In …

… manipulated the age of the memory (the event ostensibly occurred 4 or 15 years earlier) and
the presence or absence of hedge words in the claimant’s testimony (such as: I think, pretty …

… The objectives of this research are to discuss the hedges that appear in the testimony. As
there are many types of hedges, I will just focus on the ones which are proposed by Salager-…

… or absence of hedging in the interpreted testimony. In the presence of hedges for the entire
… For the Hispanic subjects, however, hedging had no influence on the perception of the …

… But much of the time, we will accept other people’s testimony on such matters. Testimony
allows a … , function as hedges, but we focus on two types of evidential hedge distinguished by …

… But in philosophy, at least, there is ample room for hedging assertions in a way that exempts
… And proclamation, I take it, involves outright assertion rather than assertion which is hedged …

… It is likely that many of this study's respondents are similarly inexperienced and could
imagine their testimony containing hedges and hesitations. These respondents might find …

… This essay clarifies hedging as a phenomenon and explains how hedging … testimonial
evidence for, we can hedge by being transparent about who are source was. This is what hedging …

… act, and (iii) it is not hedging but hedging words can serve to generate a mitigating effect. …
you will hear the testimony of an individual by the name of Matthew Crisp who indicated that …