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Here, Michelle also told about her real story in the past time which is she ever left a job at a big law. She talked about her own life that she will always give
something to contribute to the life of the nation. She used see for mitigating a confidence in her statement. In this case, the meaning of see same as you see so
that it has same purpose.
4.1.1.3. Like
The third word of lexical hedges that found by the researcher is like. Different with before, emergence of like is six times.
Excerpt 4: He was so proud to be sending his kids to college...and he made sure we never
missed a registration deadline because his check was late.
You see, for my dad, thats what it meant to be a man. APPLAUSE. Like
so many of us, that was the measure of his success in life – being able to
earn a decent living that allowed him to support his family. And as I got to know Barack, I realized that even though hed grown up all the
way across the country, hed been brought up just like me.
Michelle talked about her father. He always kept spirit to measure of his success in life, to earn a decent living to support his family to be successful
person. And she knew about Barack also which had same story in his family with her. Michelle used like to show a doubt of what has been said. It means that
maybe her father same as others people or maybe not. So, she felt doubt toward her own statement.
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4.1.1.4. I Think
The forth word that including lexical hedges is I think, it occurs once in Michelle’s speech.
Excerpt 5: And as I tuck that little girl in -- as I tuck that little girl in and her little sister into
bed at night, you see, I think about how, one day, theyll have families of their own and how, one day, they -- and your sons and daughters -- will tell their own
children about what we did together in this election. APPLAUSE
Michelle talked about the experiences from the election. She used I think to expect which is one day her little sister or all of the sons and daughters will tell
the experiences to their family in the future. Michelle said I think, it shows that she expected based on her opinion and she was not confidence enough with her
statement. It can conclude that I think of hedges for giving support with own argument.
As conclusion, Michelle used four forms of lexical hedges. The emergence total is different but the purposes are same. Yet, in a form I think have purpose to
show unconfidence.
4.1.2. Tag Questions
