Analysis on the Features and Functions of Hedges in the CCTV Program “Anchor Talks the Broadcast”

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10.2991/978-2-494069-27-5_23How to use a DOI?

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“Anchor Talks Broadcast”; Hedges; Context; News commentary; New media

Abstract

The analysis of the hedges in “Anchor Talks the Broadcast” by the corpus method shows that the frequency of the variable hedges in this column is much higher than that of the moderate hedges. Among them, the degree-changing hedges have the highest frequency, followed by the range-changing type, and the direct moderating type with the lowest frequency. Male anchors and female anchors have the highest frequency of using varying hedges, but female anchors use indirect moderating hedges more than direct moderating hedges, indicating that the anchor’s gender will affect the choice of hedges. Hedges can make words express both rationality and sensibility, and can also shorten the distance between anchors and netizens.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yongning Zhang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/10
TI  - Analysis on the Features and Functions of Hedges in the CCTV Program “Anchor Talks the Broadcast”
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Communication and Culture Studies (ICLCCS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 198
EP  - 205
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-27-5_23
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-27-5_23
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