This diachronic corpus-based analysis investigates the use of epistemic stance devices inreports from United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)from date its first report physical science climate change in 1990 to itssixth contribution 2021. Applying framework (Biber & Finegan, 1989),the study focuses upon changes markers modal verbsand adverbs across approximately 30-...

moving in line with the postulation that metadiscourse (md) markers help transform a dry and tortuous piece of text into a coherent and reader-friendly one, the researchers in the current study attempted to investigate the effect different metadiscourse markers might have on iranian efl learners’ perception of written texts. to this end, 120 undergraduate english students were given three diffe...

metadiscourse is a widely used term in current discourse analysis and language education, referring to an interesting, and relatively new approach to conceptualizing interaction between text producers and their texts and between text producers and users. despite the growing importance of the term, however, it is often understood in different ways and used to refer to different aspects of langua...

This paper aims to analyse the concepts of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in scientific writing through use stance adverbs perhaps possibly. These act as markers authors’ presence expressing their views, a covert relationship between these authors corresponding readership. The material used for this study includes four sub-corpora Coruña Corpus English Scientific Writing: CETA (Corpus Texts...

This article argues the virtues of a particular research methodology, the confrontational stance, for making theory count by helping it to formulate approximate truths of some rigor. Argument proceeds by first showing how a particular anthropological tradition, social anthropology, achieved success by haphazardly adopting such a stance; and then by suggesting certain requirements needed to syst...

Background: Neuropathies are the most common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) which can affect a variety of body systems, including the locomotor, sensory, vestibular and visual system leading to poor balance which can lead to gait abnormalities causing great morbidity and worsening patients' quality of life. Aim of the Work: We aimed to analyze and compare kinematic gait parameters in di...

The external knee adduction moment is considered a surrogate measure for the medial tibiofemoral contact force and is commonly used to quantify the load reducing effect of orthopedic interventions. However, only limited and controversial data exist about the correlation between adduction moment and medial force. The objective of this study was to examine whether the adduction moment is indeed a...

In this paper, I propose a developmental explanation of the reliability of the intentional stance as an interpretive strategy, and by doing so counter an objection to Dennett’s intentional stance theory (i.e. the ‘If it isn’t true, why does it work?’ objection). Specifically, young children’s use of the intentional stance enables them to learn from and thereby to become more similar to the adul...

OBJECTIVE To determine if Q angle changes in magnitude from bilateral stance when compared to unilateral stance and then if they are significantly different changes related to the presence of patellofemoral joint pain. DESIGN Observational correlation. SETTING University biomechanics laboratory. PARTICIPANTS 60 Asymptomatic females and 12 females with patellofemoral joint pain. MAIN OUT...