Stance markers in English medical research articles and newspaper opinion columns: A comparative corpus-based study. [PDF]
Stance markers are critical linguistic devices for writers to convey their personal attitudes, judgments or assessments about the proposition of certain messages.
Qian Shen, Yating Tao
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A corpus-based study of stance markers in academic thesis writing by L2 undergraduates
The study of stance is an increasingly prominent area of research in academic and business writing. This study investigates the use of stance markers in two significant genres in higher education: L2 learners of business academic theses by and L1 British
Shaoxin Chen
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Cross-cultural study of stance and engagement markers in motivational speeches [PDF]
This cross-cultural study aims to examine how Iranian and American motivational speakers employ metadiscourse devices as a convincing tool to interact with their audience.
Maryam Farnia, Zahra Shirzadkhani
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Stance-taking in Spanish-speaking Preschoolers’ Argumentative Interaction [PDF]
The aim of this study is to determine what linguistic resources are used for stance-taking in confrontational interactions. For this purpose, we analyze 70 argumentative sequences in spontaneous peer conversations during play situations of 4 dyads (2 mid
Shiro Martha +2 more
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Research article conclusions form an important sub-genre in the academic community. This study aims to compare the use of stance markers in English and Chinese research article conclusions and investigate how stance markers may vary in soft and hard ...
Liming Deng, Ping He
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Author stance and engagement in research articles on educational equity: A comparison between Chinese and Australian authors. [PDF]
Author stance and engagement illustrate how the writer interacts with readers in academic texts. Although disciplinary variations in stance-taking and engagement strategies have been extensively documented, scholarly attention has predominantly focused ...
Chen Li, Rining Wei
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Visual analysis of stance markers in online social media [PDF]
Stance in human communication is a linguistic concept relating to expressions of subjectivity such as the speakers' attitudes and emotions. Taking stance is crucial for the social construction of meaning and can be useful for many application fields such as business intelligence, security analytics, or social media monitoring. In order to process large
Kostiantyn Kucher +2 more
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Diachronic corpus analysis of stance markers in research articles: The field of applied linguistics
Despite the continuously growing body of research on metadiscourse markers in different genres and through various perspectives for over 20 years, very little is known of how these features have evolved over time in response to the historically ...
Shirin Rezaei, Davud Kuhi, Mahnaz Saeidi
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Investigating Stance and Engagement Markers in Ph.D. Theses of Libyan EFL Postgraduates
In academic writing, the stance and engagement features establish an important area because they help writers convey their impressions, messages, and attitudes towards their readers.
ستار هاشم +2 more
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Verbal and Non-Verbal Modes to Mark Stance in a Cinematic Text [PDF]
This empirical study focuses on stance representation in a cinematic text, which is treated as a semiotically complex construct. The stance is viewed as the manifestation of the author’s feelings, attitudes and values.
lga D. Prasolova, Svetlana Yu. Pavlina
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