Fauzan, Dheriyan (2026) Hedges as commitment modifiers within assertive acts in President Prabowo's 2025 economic diplomatic English speeches. Sarjana thesis, State Islamic University of Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.
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Abstract
Hedging is an important linguistic strategy in political and diplomatic discourse because it enables speakers to express propositions while regulating the degree of certainty, evidential basis, and precision of their statements. This study aims to identify and analyze the types of hedging devices used in assertive acts in President Prabowo Subianto's 2025 English economic diplomatic speeches, as well as to examine their functions and role in modifying the speaker's commitment. The data were taken from four diplomatic speeches delivered by Prabowo Subianto, namely at the World Governments Summit 2025, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2025, and two sessions of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting 2025. This research employed a qualitative descriptive method with a case study approach. The data were collected by repeatedly listening to and transcribing the speeches, identifying utterances containing hedging devices, and classifying the relevant data based on the selected theoretical frameworks, namely Prince, Frader, and Bosk's classification of hedging devices, Hyland's framework of hedge functions, and Searle's theory of assertive acts. The findings identified 35 data containing three of the four hedge types proposed by Prince, Frader, and Bosk, namely Plausibility Shields. Attribution Shields, and Rounders, while no Adaptors were found. Plausibility Shields primarily qualify the possibility or certainty of propositions, Attribution Shields indicate the source or evidential basis of information, and Rounders reduce numerical or temporal precision. In terms of function, hedging was predominantly content-oriented and speaker-oriented, with a smaller number of data combining both functions, while no reader-oriented function was identified. The findings demonstrate that hedging does not merely weaken assertive statements. but functions as a strategy for calibrating the speaker's commitment by regulating certainty, evidential grounding, and precision. Thus, hedging enables Prabowo to maintain the assertive force of diplomatic statements while presenting propositions in a more qualified and context-sensitive manner.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Sarjana) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Hedging; Assertive Acts; Diplomatic discourse; Plausibility Shield; Attribution Shields; Rounders |
| Subjects: | English English Speech |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Program Studi Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Dheriyan Fauzan |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2026 07:28 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2026 07:28 |
| URI: | https://digilib.uinsgd.ac.id/id/eprint/143994 |
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