Why do people accommodate to each other’s linguistic behavior? Studies of natural interactions (Giles, Taylor & Bourhis, 1973) suggest that speakers accommodate to achieve interactional goals, influencing what their interlocutor thinks or feels about them. But is this the only reason speakers accommodate? In real-world conversations, interactional motivations are ubiquitous, making it difficult...

Evidence occupies a paramount position in any logical endeavor and research article is consensually considered a predominant site of such an endeavor. One interesting area of rhetoric which addresses the source and reliability of evidence is quality metadiscourse. In this qualitative study, quality metadiscourse strategies (i.e., evidentials, hedges, boosters and disclaimers) are examined to in...

Even though both visual and textual elements create multimodal discourse, the former have received less attention (Kumpf, 2000) than latter (Hyland, 2005) when teaching a foreign language. The hypothesis of this study is that how metadiscourse organized in academic writing may be beneficial if implemented English for specific purposes. objectives analysis are to identify patterns categories cou...

Supervisors’ perceptions of how fairly they are treated by their own supervisors can influence their subordinates’ perceptions, attitudes, and behavior. We present a moderated mediation model that demonstrates how workgroup structure can enhance or constrain these effects. Results show supervisors’ perceptions of the fairness of the interactional treatment they receive relate to their subordina...

Individuals may use both the content and the relational messages of interaction with their relational partners to make judgments about the nature of the relationship. Relational messages are imbedded in the context for the interaction as well as the interactional behaviors of the partners. Therefore, interactional behaviors of relational partners help to define the relationship. Interactional b...

Metadiscourse is the language writers use to guide their readers through texts and organise arguments. This can take form of phrases, for example, ‘this essay will discuss’, or ‘in conclusion’, individual words such as ‘firstly’ ‘therefore’. study aims determine how undergraduate students develop metadiscourse over first two years at a UK university investigate whether related grade that text r...