A means to control how writers mark their presence, negotiate knowledge claims, and
engage with their audience, metadiscourse is one of the most prominent approaches to …

The purpose of this study is to compare the usage of metadiscourse in English and in
Chinese research articles (RAs) published in applied linguistics journals and to investigate …

Metadiscourse markers are used as one of the tools which make writing more effective in
social environment and are regarded as one of the most important features in …

Good student writers are often seen as a benchmark to the weaker writers. In the area of
metadiscourse in students' writing, previous studies show that good undergraduate writers …

Metadiscourse is a prevalent linguistic resource that helps writers to manage the flow of the
propositional contents and to direct their stance towards their contents and readers. Its …

Academic Writing and Reader Engagement offers a concise linguistic description of the use
and functions of questions in English, French and Spanish and discusses their value to the …

The aim of this study was to compare and contrast the distribution and application of
metadiscourse features in news writings between English native writers and Iranian non …

Students from different cultures and first languages act differently in develo**
argumentative essays. This study aimed to compare the rhetorical models followed by the …

This study attempted to unveil the effect of metadiscourse instruction on the improvement of
the speaking ability of Iranian EFL learners. After the administration of a language …

An abstract is generally a condensed version of a much lengthier research article (RA). It
plays a crucial role in academic writing by initially grabbing the readers' attention. A well …