Exploring the Use of Hedges and Stance Devices in Relation to Korean EFL Learners’ Argumentative Writing Qualities

Min, Soohyun; Paek, Jin Kyung; Kang, Yusun

doi:10.15858/engtea.74.1.201903.3

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“…First, stances were examined. To obtain a general idea of how ChatGPT uses stances to assert authority, three exemplars given in a study by Min et al (2019) were used for each of the six following categories: epistemic certainty adjectives, epistemic likelihood adjectives, epistemic certainty adverbs, epistemic likelihood adverbs, epistemic certainty verbs, and epistemic likelihood verbs (Table 2).…”

Section: Indicators Of Power Distancementioning

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ChatGPT Is Powerful, but Does It Have Power Distance?

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2024

International Journal of Adult Education and Technology

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Power distance (PD), a cultural value denoting acceptance of asymmetrical power relationships, influences the force of rhetoric used by a writer to address their reader. However, AI technologies such as ChatGPT lack an explicit awareness of PD, which could affect the quality of AI-generated persuasive texts used for language learning. To investigate this issue, 200 persuasive essays written by ChatGPT were compared to 200 essays written by L1-English university learners. Three elements of formulaic language related to PD were examined: stances, modals, and pronoun deixis. Differences in stances (z = -3.411; p = .001) and modals (z = -2.100; p = .036) were both significant according to the Wilcoxon signed ranks formula, whereas differences in pronoun deixis were nearly significant (z = -1.917; p = .055). Overall, language of ChatGPT appears generic and incomplete, suggesting that consistent and uniform expressions are being borrowed from an LLM training corpus to mimic aspects of PD. Limitations of AI highlight a need for pedagogical emphasis of culturally imbued discourse.

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Section: Indicators Of Power Distancementioning

confidence: 99%

ChatGPT Is Powerful, but Does It Have Power Distance?

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2024

International Journal of Adult Education and Technology

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Exploring the Use of Hedges and Stance Devices in Relation to Korean EFL Learners’ Argumentative Writing Qualities

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ChatGPT Is Powerful, but Does It Have Power Distance?

ChatGPT Is Powerful, but Does It Have Power Distance?

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