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Al-Harthi, Maha; Alshahrani, Hala J.; Hamed, Dalia M.; Ibrahim, Wesam M. A. – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
This paper investigates the frequency and contextual uses of the metadiscoursal devices of evidentials, code glosses, hedges and boosters in four academic disciplines, namely, linguistics, literature, chemistry and medicine. Hyland and Hinkel's taxonomies of metadiscourse provided the search items. The data analyzed consisted of a corpus of forty…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Computational Linguistics, Cues, Context Effect
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Reynolds, P. Lee; Symons, Sonya – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2001
Investigates the effects of choice and response format on children's search of informational text. Results reveal that choice of topic facilitated both performance and process measures, whereas response format affected process measures only. Prior knowledge emerged as a significant contributor to accuracy and time to locate information. (Contains…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Information Seeking
Myers, Jamie – 1988
Differing views on how meaning in a literacy event is formed have a large impact upon literacy instruction and language research. Teaching and research are often conducted without considering who is in charge of meanings. Yet the answer to this question establishes an interpretive frame that creates the questions, methods, and findings in language…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Higher Education, Language Research, Literacy