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Metadiscourse in Chinese and American graduate dissertation introductions

Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2021
The current study aims to look at differences in the use of metadiscourse in the introductory sections of English and Chinese university students. The corpus of the study comprises 20 “introductions” of university students’ MA theses.
Muhammad afzaal, Muhammad Ilyas Chishti, Chao Liu, Chenxia Zhang   +3 more
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‘Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 255-267, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Sociolinguistic research has long documented the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) across media including film, music and advertising. In this article, we add to this body of work by exploring the digital recontextualisation of a subset of AAVE features as ‘TikTok/internet language’.
Christian Ilbury, Rianna Walcott
wiley   +1 more source

The Dynamics of Reading Genre Fiction: Researching and Teaching Interpretive Practices

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.
Conceptual model positioning genre fiction as a site for studying how narrative form organizes reader interpretation, identifying four dynamics—iterability, narrative interest, serialization, and spectacle—to guide empirical research on reading processes.
Robert Jean LeBlanc, Amy Stornaiuolo
wiley   +1 more source

Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) as Form‐Focused and Meaning‐Focused Activities: Refining its Measurement and Examining its Predictive Role in L2 Achievement and Confidence

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 393-408, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Acknowledging the limitations of existing measurement instruments in adequately capturing the distinct cognitive processes (e.g., form‐focused vs. meaning‐focused) involved in informal digital learning of English (IDLE), this paper asserts a pressing need to develop and validate robust instruments that measure form‐focused and meaning‐focused ...
Minlin Zou, Mark Feng Teng, Ali Soyoof, Xueyun He   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

L2 Learners’ Use of Metadiscourse Markers in Online Discussion Forums [PDF]

Issues in Language Teaching, 2012
This study aimed to investigate the use of interactional metadiscourse markers in 168 comments made by 28 university students of engineering via an educational forum held as part of a general English course.
zis tajeddin, minoo alemi
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Metadiscourse and Teacher Moves for Supporting Student Reasoning in Linguistics Classroom Interactions

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 522-539, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the features of metadiscourse across different teacher moves in university linguistics classroom discourse and the teaching strategies reflected in its use. The results reveal that teachers employ diverse metadiscourse during classroom interactions to support student reasoning.
Jingjie Li, Wenjie Hu
wiley   +1 more source

Metadiscourse markers for delivering arguments on speech [PDF]

, 2020
مستخلص البحث يرتبط هذا البحث بدراسة علامات metadiscourse لنقل الحجج في خطاب Greta Thunberg. تم استخدام خطاب غريتا ثونبرغ لأنه نجح في إحداث تغيير في المواقف العالمية ، وتحويل الملايين من القلق الغامض ، منتصف الليل إلى حركة عالمية تدعو إلى التغيير ...
Wicaksono, Akhmad Akbar Wasis
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The Use of Metadiscourse in Turkish EFL Learners’ L1 and L2 Argumentative Essays

Интеграция образования
Introduction. The use of metadiscourse facilitates writer-reader interaction and text coherence. While the incorporation of these rhetorical features in student argumentative essays has been frequently stu­died, comparative investigations of ...
Ruhan Güçlü, Engin Evrim Önem
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An Integrative Framework for Navigating Uncertainty in Science Education

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Volume 62, Issue 10, Page 2216-2237, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Uncertainty is central to science and is increasingly recognized in science education, but the literature lacks a clear definition of the types of uncertainty and the competencies for navigating them, which vary by context. Therefore, a cross‐disciplinary integrative understanding of uncertainty is necessary to navigate complex ...
Simon Blauza, Kerstin Kremer, Benedikt Heuckmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Contrastive Study of Metadiscourse in English and Persian Editorials [PDF]

Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2012
The original impetus for this cross-linguistic study came from a need to explore the effect of cultural factors and generic conventions on the use and distribution of metadiscourse within a single genre.
Davud Kuhi, Manijeh Mojood
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