The importance of studying metadiscourse [PDF]
This essay focuses on metadiscourse, a name for elements of texts that convey meanings other than those that are primarily referential. The essay provides some theoretical background to the study of metadiscourse, briefly reviews a taxonomy of ...
William J. Vande Kopple
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A corpus-based study of metadiscourse features in Chinese-English simultaneous interpreting [PDF]
Metadiscourse markers have been observed to be frequently employed by simultaneous interpreters as interpreting strategies in the process of interpretation. However, the realm of inquiry into this phenomenon remains relatively underexplored.
Wen Ren, Lu Wang
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Correlated metadiscourse and metacognition in writing research articles: A cross-linguistic and cross-cultural study [PDF]
Metadiscourse represents a producer’s intention to guide a receiver’s interpretation of the textual meanings. It is a highly dynamic topic in discourse analysis and language education.
Fei-Hong Gai, Yao Wang
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The semantics and pragmatics of metadiscourse
Abstract This paper argues against standard views of academic metadiscourse [Hyland, Ken, 1998. Persuasion and context: the pragmatics of academic metadiscourse. Journal of Pragmatics 30, 437–455; Hyland, Ken, 1999. Talking to students: metadiscourse in introductory coursebooks.
Elly Ifantidou
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Textual and interpersonal metadiscourse markers in political discourse: A case study
This study explores the use of textual and interpersonal metadiscourse markers in political discourse and their role in persuasion. To this end, the study examines four political speeches delivered by Hillary Clinton, an American politician. The speeches
Nimer Abusalim +2 more
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The concept of metadiscourse – the ways in which writers and speakers interact through their use of language with readers and listeners (also referred to as metalanguage and metapragmatics) – has received considerable attention in applied linguistics in ...
John Flowerdew
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Cross-disciplinary variation in metadiscourse: A corpus-based analysis of Russian-authored research article abstracts [PDF]
The article deals with metadiscourse variation in academic texts across disciplinary boundaries. Its main focus is on the distribution of metadiscourse markers in Russian-authored academic prose in the field of applied linguistics and engineering.
Olga A. Boginskaya
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Roles of Visual and Linguistic Metadiscourses in Developing Persuasive Infographic Resumes [PDF]
An infographic resume is an effective medium of exchanging information from job applicants to employers, and it greatly affects and persuades employers to take action. The current study examines both how frequently linguistic and the visual metadiscourse
Omid Allaf-Akbary
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A pragmatic Analysis of Personal Metadiscourse and Politeness Principle across Genres: From Relevance to Adaptation [PDF]
This study investigated personal metadiscourse units across genres. Based on Ädel’s (2006) taxonomy of the discourse functions of personal metadiscourse and Leech’s (2014) grand strategy of politeness, three spoken genres were compared in terms of the ...
Omid Allaf-Akbary +2 more
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Exploring Metadiscourse Markers in Master Thesis Abstracts of TEFL Students: A Case of the University of Mazandaran [PDF]
MMetadiscourse as a self-reflective linguistic device plays an important role in both making a coherent academic text and interacting with readers. Using a sequential mixed method design, the present study investigated the use of metadiscourse markers in
Effatsadat Moafi +2 more
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