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Alharbi, Sultan H. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The current study comparatively investigated the employment of metadiscourse items in 40 post-method sections/chapters of research articles (RAs) and master's dissertations (MAs) in the field of applied linguistics. Utilizing Hyland's (2005a) model of metadiscourse in analysing metadiscourse elements detected in both sets of texts, the findings…
Descriptors: Masters Theses, Discourse Analysis, Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics
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Alfraidi, Tareq – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The concept of Theme is regarded as a functional linguistic element that exists in many languages. The main aim of this study is to explore the functions of Theme in Arabic, applying the Systemic Functional Linguistics framework adopted by Downing (1991). Methodologically, several related real examples have been selected from the written discourse…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Semitic Languages, Guidelines, Written Language
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Zhu, Yuting – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The existing metadiscourse studies on the comparison of English and Chinese language are relatively few, especially on spoken discourse. The present study examines the use of personal metadiscourse in English and Chinese commencement speeches based on Ädel's reflexive model of metadiscourse and its adaption. The corpus for this study comprises 60…
Descriptors: English, Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
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Kiliç, Ali; Karatepe, Çigdem – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
Unprecedented advances have been seen in E-commerce with the spread of digital commerce and customer relations on commercial websites, such as Amazon. As a result, investigation of this type of communication has opened up new horizons for discourse analysts. This study aims to identify the complaint strategies used by customers and the reasons…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Negative Attitudes, Internet, Purchasing
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Lugaoqiang; Liu, Zhang; Han, Xiao – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
Songs, along with poetry, short stories, novels, and dramas, belong to the language of humanity (literary language). As an art form that began to be popular in the last century, it has come into the view of linguists more frequently today. Between its lines, vivid expressions such as "city can sleep", "animals can talk to each…
Descriptors: Singing, Linguistic Theory, Figurative Language, Psycholinguistics
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Al-Hindawi, Fareed Hameed; Kadhim, Basim Jubair; Raheem, Saeed Mahdi Abdul – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
This study is concerned with phonopragmatics, as a phenomenon that is based on phonological factors to convey the speaker's intentions in Husseini discourse. Husseini discourse is a genre which is mainly characterized by the use of eloquent religious styles. Specifically, the study aims to investigate the Husseini preachers' use of prosodic…
Descriptors: Clergy, Discourse Analysis, Phonology, Language Styles
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Al-Zubaidi, Nassier A. G.; Jasim, Tahani Awad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The present paper is a genre analysis of linguistics books prefaces in English and Arabic. Following Swales' (1990) genre framework, this study is a small scale-based generic analysis of 80 preface texts, equally divided into 40 texts from English and Arabic. The corpus analysis revealed that to perform its communicative function, the genre of the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Computational Linguistics, Language Styles, Books
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Alzahrani, Alaa Ahmed – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
Numerous studies have attested to the consensus-orientation and cooperative nature of English as a lingua franca (ELF) interactions. However, limited attention has been given to moments of disagreements in ELF communication, with most of the little existing work focusing on disagreements in ELF academic or informal contexts. Consequently, little…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Official Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Alyousef, Hesham Suleiman; Alotaibi, Najd Emad Q. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
Research on intradisciplinary variations in self-mention marker use in research articles (RAs) in dentistry subdisciplines is lacking. The present study investigates self-mention markers used in each of the seven dentistry subdisciplines (oral sciences, periodontics, endodontics, pediatrics, prosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and…
Descriptors: Dentistry, Research Reports, Form Classes (Languages), Surgery
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Kyiileyang, Martin – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Dagara folktales, like other African folktales, are embedded with various literary aesthetic features related to structure, language and performance. This paper examines major literary aesthetics found in Dagara folktales. The methodology used is based on the collection, analysis and interpretation of selected Dagara folktales gathered through…
Descriptors: Literary Devices, Folk Culture, African Culture, Aesthetics
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Bahing; Emzir; Rafli, Zainal – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The goal of research was to achieve a deep comprehension of English speech acts of illocutionary force. The method applied was ethnography of communication. In relation with an approach, I applied the qualitative one. In the data collection procedures, I applied the ethnography method, i.e. field observation, recording, transcription, interview,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Speech Acts
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Cui, Huanle; Liu, Lingling; Li, Juanjuan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
It is widely believed that tourist trade has been the fastest developing trade in the world. In China, with the development of economy and the improvement of people's living standard, travelling has been an indispensable part of living. Therefore, tourism text becomes one of the most effective publicity tool to attractive tourists. A tour guide…
Descriptors: Grammar, Tourism, Economic Development, Living Standards
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Al Deeky, Mahmoud – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This research deals with the verb "qara'a" (read) and with what is derived from or built on in Qur'an and pre Islam poetry. The research stems from the assumption that this item (read) did not appear in pre-Islam Arabic in the meaning agreed upon regarding the concept of reading a written text, and what is stated in the Qur'an regarding…
Descriptors: Poetry, Verbs, Semitic Languages, Discourse Analysis
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Abedi, Elham – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The development of speech-act theory has provided the hearers with a better understanding of what speakers intend to perform in the act of communication. One type of speech act is apologizing. When an action or utterance has resulted in an offense, the offender needs to apologize. In the present study, an attempt was made to compare the apology…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Santosa, Rochmat Budi; Nurkamto, Joko; Baidan, Nashruddin; Sumarlam – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This study aims at describing the directive speech acts in the verses that contain the stories in the Qur'an. Specifically, the objectives of this study are to assess the sub directive speech acts contained in the verses of the stories and the dominant directive speech acts. The research target is the verses ("ayat") containing stories…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Speech Acts, Islam, Religious Education
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