English and Arabic abstracts in medical research articles: A contrastive study
Abstracts in academic research serve important functions. An abstract is a summary of an entire article or thesis that defines its objectives, research problem, methodology, major findings, and implications.
Dalal Al-Zubi, Shehdeh Fareh
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Metadiscourse Markers in Scientific Journal Articles
This paper aimed to investigate the use of metadiscourse markers in scientific journal articles. Data of this qualitative research consisted of metadiscourse markers collected from eight journal articles of a special edition published by LLT Journal: A ...
Veronica Esti Nugrahani, Barli Bram
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A Study of the Research Article Discussion Section Written by Native Authors: Hyland’s (2005) Metadiscourse Model in Focus [PDF]
Academic writing in general and writing research articles in particular have long been considered a crucial mode of discourse, which is due to its challenging requirements for writers.
Jafar Asadi +2 more
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Metadiscourse Markers Revisited in EFL Context: The Case of Iranian Academic Learners’ Perception of Written Texts [PDF]
Moving in line with the postulation that metadiscourse (MD) markers help transform a dry and tortuous piece of text into a coherent and reader-friendly one, the researchers in the current study attempted to investigate the effect different metadiscourse ...
Parviz Alavinia, Sahar Zarza
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A Comparative Study of Metadiscourse in English Research Article Abstracts in Hard Disciplines by L1 Chinese and L1 English Scholars [PDF]
This study investigates how L1 Chinese scholars in hard science disciplines use metadiscourse in their English academic writing, by comparing the deployment of metadiscoursal resources written by L1 Chinese and L1 English scholars.
Jing Wei, Jing Duan
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Political Media Discourse as an Interactional Space: Presidential TV Addresses to the Nation from a Metadiscourse Perspective [PDF]
The study of political media discourse as an interactional space requires an analysis of not only its linguistic characteristics and propositional content but also its metadiscourse component, strategies employed to express speaker’s attitudes and ...
Olga А. Boginskaya
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An Investigation into Metadiscourse Elements Used by Native vs. Non-native University Students across Genders [PDF]
The present study has aimed at finding out whether or not students’ language background and gender bring about a distinction between the frequency and types of metadiscourse elements occurring in their papers.
Mohammad Ghazanfari +2 more
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Interactional Metadiscourse Markers in the Abstract Sections of Arabic Patents [PDF]
This study aims to investigate interactional metadiscourse markers (IMDMs) in 60 patent abstracts written in Arabic by Arabic-native drafters within the field of human necessity. Specifically, the objectives are to identify which categories of IMDMs are predominant in Arabic patent abstract and to explain how metadiscourse markers function in these ...
Arab World English Journal +4 more
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Interactional Metadiscourse Analysis of ESL Learners’ Essays
This study analysed interactional metadiscourse markers on 40 expository essays by ESL learners from hard and soft science courses based on metadiscourse table of Hyland (2005). The study aimed to examine whether both groups used the same amount and type, and whether learners in different course groups differed in their selected metadiscourse. There
Masliza Mat Zali +3 more
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In academic writing, writers intend to use the linguistic term "metadiscourse" to guide, to make their readers interact, and to persuade them through interactive and interactional levels of metadiscourse.
Zaid Hamad , Ra'ed Al-Khuzai
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