USES OF METADISCOURSE IN A RESEARCH ABSTRACTS FOR SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

: metadiscourse in introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics research articles: exploring variation in frequency and type

abstract in written mode of language, metadiscourse markers are used commonly to help writers in general and academic writers in particular to produce coherent and professional texts. the purpose of the present study was to compare introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics articles regarding their use of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers based on the model pro...

A Sociopragmatic Analysis of Textual Metadiscourse Markers in English and Persian Scientific Texts

This study aimed to explore the function and frequency of textual metadiscourse markers (MDMs) in scientific English and Persian texts. Based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of textual markers characterizing the selected genre, four different textbooks, two written in English and two in Persian were analyzed to identify the textual metadiscourse categories (including logical marker...

A Sociopragmatic Analysis of Textual Metadiscourse Markers in English and Persian Scientific Texts

This study aimed to explore the function and frequency of textual metadiscourse markers (MDMs) in scientific English and Persian texts. Based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of textual markers characterizing the selected genre, four different textbooks, two written in English and two in Persian were analyzed to identify the textual metadiscourse categories (including logical marker...

Scientific Abstracts

Patterns in scientific abstracts

In today’s world, large amounts of information have to be dealt with, regardless of the field involved. Most of this information comes in written format. Computers seem the right choice for making life easier, by processing text automatically, but in many cases at least partial understanding (if not full understanding) is necessary in order to automate a process. Luhn (1958) proposed a method f...