Hedging

We investigate automatic classification of speculative language (‘hedging’), biomedical text using weakly supervisedin machine learning. Our contributions include a precise description of the task with anno- tation guidelines, analysis and …...

AbstractHedging is a commonly used strategy in conversational management to show the speaker’s lack of commitment to what they communicate, which may signal problems between the speakers. Our project is …...

AbstractHedging is a strategy for softening the impact of a statement in conversation. In reducing the strength of an expression, it may help to avoid embarrassment (more technically, “face threat”) …...