The Linguistics Journal. June 2011 Volume 5 Issue 1 169 Hedging in Political Discourse Taweel, Abeer Q., Saidat, Emad M Rafayah, Hussein A., & Saidat, Ahmad M. Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma’an, Jordan Biodata: Abeer Q. Taweel is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English Language and Literature at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan. She has taught in the USA and Jordan for more than 6 years. Her specialist interests focus on discourse analysis, semantics, rhetoric and ESL. She taught Translation and Interpretation, Speech and Pronunciation, English Morphology, Schools of Linguistics, Writing, Reading, Listening, and Study Skills. Emad M. Al-Saidat is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English Language and Literature at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan. His specialist interests focus on SLA, sociolinguistics, phonology and discourse analysis. He has taught Introduction to Linguistics, English Phonetics and Phonology, SLA, Sociolinguistics, Error Analysis, History of the English Language, Schools of Linguistics, Writing, Reading, Listening, and Study Skills. Hussein A. Rfay'ah is an Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Arabic Language & Literature at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan. His specialist interests focus on syntax, morphology and discourse analysis. He has taught Arabic Phonetics, Syntax 1, Syntax 2, Syntax 3, Arabic Morphology, Arabic Language 1, and Arabic Language 2. Ahmad M. Saidat is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English Language and Literature at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan. His specialist interests focus on syntax, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis. He has taught Introduction to Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, English Syntax, English Morphology, History of the English