This paper examines the most frequent certainty adverbs in the extended LOCNEC (Aguado
et al. 2012) and their frequency and use in three datasets of the LINDSEI (Chinese, German …

Our research examines the use of three stance adverbs of certainty (actually, really and
obviously) across B1, B2 and C1 levels in the Trinity Lancaster Corpus (TLC). Particularly …

Besides being unjustly incarcerated, Sabrina Butler, Kristine Bunch, Ru-el Sailor and Larry
DeLisle endured various forms of police mistreatment, as detailed in a collection of …

This paper aims to investigate Asian English learners' preferred uses of the modal
auxiliaries must and should by using both syntactic, topical and semantic annotation as well …

The present study examines the lexical patterning of altogether 4,022 instances of epistemic
stance markers (EDs) across four levels of L2 proficiency (B1–C2) and three types of writing …

Although extensive research has shown that establishing an effective stance is crucial in
academic writing, few studies have investigated nominal stance construction in academic …

The p study examines the relationship between the use of epistemic stance expressions (ie,
hedges and boosters) and task type, L2 proficiency, and individual authorial style in 1,773 …

Several studies have focused on the use of stance, particularly in linguistic-based writing
research. However, adopting an assertive stance towards the research being reviewed or …

Climate change has been one of the most controversial issues in politics in the last 30 years.
Political parties have given different priorities to climate change over time, ranging from the …

Besides being unjustly incarcerated, Sabrina Butler, Kristine Bunch, Ru-el Sailor and Larry
DeLisle endured various forms of police mistreatment, as detailed in a collection of …