The Use of Metadiscourse by Saudi and British Authors: A Focus on Applied Linguistics Discipline

Autor/in	Binmahboob, Thamer
Titel	The Use of Metadiscourse by Saudi and British Authors: A Focus on Applied Linguistics Discipline
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 15 (2022) 2, S.78-89 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Authors; Discourse Analysis; Applied Linguistics; Research Reports; Contrastive Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Journal Articles; Language Usage; Foreign Countries; Language Variation; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; English for Academic Purposes; Saudi Arabia; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Author; Autor; Autorin; Diskursanalyse; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Kontrastive Linguistik; Computerlinguistik; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Sprachgebrauch; Ausland; Sprachenvielfalt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Saudi-Arabien; Großbritannien
Abstract	This study investigated the use of metadiscourse tools by Saudi and British authors in Applied Linguistics discipline. In particular, the study tried to identify the kinds of metadiscourse markers used by Saudi and English authors in ALRAs and to determine the most and least frequent metadiscourse makers. In order to achieve these goals, (10) ALRAs written by Saudi authors and (10) ALRAs written by British authors served as the corpus of the study. The research articles were selected from well-known journals and published between 2010 -- 2018. Hyland's (2005) model was used to find out the distribution of metadiscourse markers in each type of corpora. The findings showed interactive metadiscourse markers are used more than the interactional metadiscourse markers. Compared with the British authors, the Saudi authors were found to use metadiscourse markers more than the British authors. The Saudi authors employed all metadiscourse sub-categories more frequently than the British authors except frame markers, evidentials, endophoric markers, and self-mentions. In addition, it was found that transitions were the highly frequent metadiscourse markers in the whole corpora, followed by hedges, evidentials, boosters, and attitude markers, respectively. On the other hand, engagement markers were the least frequent metadiscourse markers in the whole corpora.m (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01