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Preserving Face and the Use of Hedges in Masculine World of Men

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Mohajer, Leila, Jan, Jariah Mohd.·2015·Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
DOI 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.176
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Hedges or epistemic modal items arelinguistic features which carry various functions. One of the important functions of hedges is preserving the interactants’ faces in different social settings. In Sociolinguistics, hedges are mainly associated with women and their talk as protective devices for speakers and listeners’ faces. Women use these features more frequently than men because they are more attentive to preserving their own faces and the addressees’ in order to create solidarity. While men, on the other hand, avoid these features because they show uncertainty,leading to perceptions of weakness. This paper, however, looks at instances of hedges in men's interaction in order to determine the ways these features are employed by men. In order to conduct this study, 200 minutes of transcribed conversations of Iranian male interactantswere used to examine how these elements are applied in their face to face informal interaction. The findings suggest that Iranian men, despite being masculine, use hedges in their speech. They opt to protect their faces by inserting hedges in their interactions. They also try to preserve the addresses’ face which is an indication of solidarity. However, Iranian men in this study protect their own faces more than the addresses’ faces.

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  • Men may avoid hedging due to a desire to project decisiveness and authority, suggesting that the use of hedges may be influenced by gendered expectations around confidence rather than frequency alone.

    “Other studies, such as Mohajer and Jan (2015), argued that men may avoid hedging due to a desire to project decisiveness and authority, suggesting that the use of hedges may be in fl uenced by gendered expectations around con fi dence rather than frequency alone.”

    From Examining the linguistic and behavioural patterns of gender identity in women with dissociative identity disorder (2025) · cites this paper as Mohajer and Jan, 2015

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Authors
Mohajer, L., & Jan, J. M.
Affiliations
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia (MY)
  • University of Malaya (MY)
ORCID
Jan, Jariah Mohd.
Venue
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-11
Volume
208
Pages
13-20
ISSN
1877-0428 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.176
OpenAlex
W2190256227
Cited by
7
References
11
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1
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0.00
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Studies in Language
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and Language Analysis
Keywords
hedges, epistemic modality, face preservation, masculinity, male speech, Iranian men, facework, solidarity, uncertainty, gender and language

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