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A probe into the effect of explicit and implicit instruction of metadiscourse markers on EFL learners' argumentative writing performance [PDF]

open access: yesTeaching English Language, 2013
Drawing mainly on Hyland's (2005) "interpersonal model of metadiscourse", the researchers in the current study strived to probe the viable impact of consciousness-raising regarding metadiscourse (MD) markers on Iranian EFL learners' academic writing ...
Parviz Alavinia, Jahan Aftabi
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Do Formal Stance Strategies Reveal Disciplinary Variation in Professional Scientific Writing?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 1242-1261, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Stance in academic discourse has been extensively studied, with numerous investigations indicating that its expression varies across disciplines, depending on the authors’ intention to either enhance or diminish their voice or presence (e.g., It seems fairly certain vs. This is based on the belief that…).
Elizaveta A. Smirnova   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Study of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers and Gender in the Defense Seminars of Persian Speakers

open access: yesJournal of Educational and Social Research, 2014
This paper aims to analyze the relation between a linguistic behavior, namely interactional metasdicourse, and a non-linguistic variable, namely, gender in thesis defenses of Persian speakers. Based on the model of community of practice, a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the metadiscourse markers employed by male and female candidates in ...
Raha Zareifard, Batool Alinezhad
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Patriotic rabbits or toxic men? Media ideology, entextualization, and enregisterment on Chinese interfaces

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 2, August 2025.
Abstract This article argues that social actors' media ideologies about digital interfaces are key to the enregisterment of online activities. Focusing on an online register emergent from user activities around Year, Hare, Affair (YHA)—a state‐aligned Chinese animation—I explore how different metadiscourses evaluate this register by entextualizing ...
Jiarui Sun
wiley   +1 more source

Hedges and boosters in L2 (Czech) Master's theses and published research articles: A contrastive analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 73-90, February 2025.
Abstract This article studies the use of lexical hedges and boosters in English‐medium Master's theses by L2 (Czech) graduates in English language and literature programmes. Drawing on the metadiscourse framework and adopting a corpus‐based approach, the study analyses the frequency, realisations, and function of hedges and boosters in a corpus of 48 ...
Olga Dontcheva‐Navratilova
wiley   +1 more source

How do Arab Writers Interact With Their Readers? An Analysis of the Use of Metadiscourse Markers

open access: yesTheory and Practice in Language Studies, 2023
A considerable body of research has investigated the use of metadiscourse in academic writing in different languages, and it is assumed in the literature that the use of metadiscourse is language- and culture-specific. However, little research has investigated how Arab writers interact with their readers in Arabic research articles (RAs).
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Literacy in the Time of Artificial Intelligence

open access: yesReading Research Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 1, January/February/March 2025.
Down the Rabbit Hole of Generative AI (Image Generated by the Authors in Midjourney) Abstract The latest mutation of Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, is more than anything a technology of writing. It is a machine that can write. In a world‐historical frame, the significance of this cannot be understated.
Mary Kalantzis, Bill Cope
wiley   +1 more source

Interpersonal Metadiscourse Markers as Persuasive Strategies in Oral Business Presentation

open access: yesLingua Cultura, 2019
This research was conducted to examine the use of interpersonal metadiscourse markers (IMDMs) in Steve Jobs’ oral business presentation using Hyland’s model.
Heri Kuswoyo, Rani Andini Siregar
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Indexical deprivation: The dominant link between cochlear implants and global English among Taiwanese deaf individuals

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 441-469, December 2024.
Abstract This paper develops the concept of “indexical deprivation” from the experiences of English learning in relation to cochlear implant use among Taiwanese deaf adults. Based on the framework of language ideological assemblage, this paper traces how institutional discourses and practices at different levels contribute to the indexicalization ...
Tsung‐Lun Alan Wan
wiley   +1 more source

Interactive resources of metadiscourse markers in good and weak undergraduate essays

open access: yes, 2019
Metadiscourse in writing is the linguistic signals and expressions used by a writer to organise a text while connecting with readers. This paper reports a preliminary study conducted to discover the existence of metadiscourse markers from interactive ...
Radzuwan, Ab Rashid   +1 more
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