Hedging in Newspaper Headlines Written by Indonesian and American Writers
Penulis/Author
MA`RIFATUS SA`ADAH (1); Dr. Tofan Dwi Hardjanto, M.A. (2)
Tanggal/Date
2023
Kata Kunci/Keyword
Abstrak/Abstract
This study is an attempt to examine the forms and functions of hedging expressions used in headlines from two newspapers, The Jakarta Post and The New York Times. The headlines that are used as the object of study are limited to the headlines containing news about the COVID-19 pandemic. This study also compares the forms and frequency of hedging expressions used in the two newspapers. The data were quantitatively analyzed with the help of the concordance software Wordsmith Tools Version 4.0
(Scott, 2004). A qualitative analysis method was also conducted to classify the forms and functions of hedging expressions. A taxonomy proposed by Salager-Meyer (1997) was employed to analyze the forms of hedging expressions and Hyland’s (1996b) taxonomy was applied to identify the functions of hedging expressions in newspaper headlines. The results show that both groups of writers do not seem to show any significant difference in the use of hedging expressions in terms of both their forms and
their functions.
