1990. Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, selected 45–47, 52–60

Swales, John M.

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“…Possibly, this was a strategy of hedging . Viewed positively, hedging is a means to project “honesty, modesty and proper caution” (Swales, 1990, p. 175). Other scholars are less positive and regard hedges as phrases or words “whose job it is to make things more or less fuzzy” (Lakoff, 1973, p. 471).…”

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Academic textbooks on ADHD genetics: balanced or biased?

Meerman

Batstra

Hoekstra

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Academic study books are essential assets for disseminating knowledge about ADHD to future healthcare professionals. This study examined if they are balanced with regard to genetics. We selected and analyzed study books (N=43) used in (pre) master’s programmes at 10 universities in the Netherlands. Because the mere behaviourally informed quantitative genetics give a much higher effect size of the genetic involvement in ADHD, it is important that study books contrast these findings with molecular genetics’ outcomes. The latter studies use real genetic data, and their low effect sizes expose the potential weaknesses of quantitative genetics, like underestimating the involvement of the environment. Only a quarter of books mention both effect sizes and contrast these findings, while another quarter does not discuss any effect size. Most importantly, however, roughly half of the books in our sample mention only the effect sizes from quantitative genetic studies without addressing the low explained variance of molecular genetic studies. This may confuse readers by suggesting that the weakly associated genes support the quite spectacular, but potentially flawed estimates of twin, family and adoption studies, while they actually contradict them.

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Academic textbooks on ADHD genetics: balanced or biased?

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Batstra

Hoekstra

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…Conforme Swales (1990), a noção de comunidade discursiva diz respeito à ideia de um grupo de indivíduos partilhando objetivos públicos comuns (há também os interesses particulares -implícitos ou explícitos). Esses indivíduos, ao ligarem-se por interesses, práticas e atividades em comum, utilizam-se de convenções discursivas especí icas, atestadoras da identidade do grupo, de modo que seus discursos revelam os conhecimentos partilhados (Swales, 1990). Não é possível no espaço discursivo acadêmico-universitá-rio dizer qualquer coisa de qualquer modo.…”

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