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Nur, Sahril; Arsyad, Safnil; Zaim, Muhammad; Ramadhan, Syahrul – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
The use of appropriate rhetorical moves (RMs) and meta-discourse markers (MMs) improve the argumentative and persuasive force of academic texts, such as essays, thesis, seminar papers, and articles. However, authors from different language backgrounds and levels of expertise may use different RMs and MMs when writing in a foreign language. This…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Journal Articles, Documentation, Applied Linguistics
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Hussein, Kawther Abdual Ameer; Khalil, Jinan Ahmed; Abbas, Nawal Fadhil – Arab World English Journal, 2018
The present study is intended to critically examine metadiscourse markers in 24 master thesis abstracts. Twelve of them are written by non-native Iraqi female students and the rest by native American female students. To do so, the researchers have set two aims: examining the types and subtypes of metadiscourse markers in terms of nativity and…
Descriptors: Masters Theses, Documentation, Females, North Americans