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- Title
Exploring Gender Differences in Cross-disciplinary Discourse: Interactional Metadiscourse Markers in the Discussion Section of Research Articles.
- Authors
Salehi, Behrang Mohammad; Biria, Reza
- Abstract
The present comparative study sought to explore the gender differences in the use of interactional metadiscourse markers in the discussion section of Research Articles (RAs) in the two disciplines of microbiology and applied linguistics. Using Hyland's (2005a) metadiscourse model, the research study investigated the use of five subcategories of interactional metadiscourse in a corpus of 64 research articles written by all-male, all-female, and male-female authors in the respected fields. Based on quantitative analysis, it was found that there was a significant difference between male and female writers and male-female ones in using attitude markers as one of the interactional metadiscourse elements. Besides, the results showed that there was a cross-disciplinary variation in using interactional metadiscourse. These findings acknowledge the fact that different disciplines use various rhetorical thought patterns in their writings.
- Subjects
GENDER differences in literature; INTERACTIONAL view theory (Communication); APPLIED linguistics; EXPERIENTIAL research; ACADEMIC discourse
- Publication
Language in India, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 12, p169
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article