Running head : CO - TEXTUAL IRONY MARKERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE 1 The use of co - textual

Running head : CO - TEXTUAL IRONY MARKERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE 1 The use of co

Running head : CO - TEXTUAL IRONY MARKERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE 1 The use

Running head : CO - TEXTUAL IRONY MARKERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE

IRONY MARKERS IN WRITTEN DISCOURSE 1 The use of co -

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...