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Title:	A comparative study of interactional metadiscourse strategies in research articles by Yemeni and native English writers
Authors:	Abdu Al-Mudhaffari Musa Abdulkader (P79995)
Supervisor:	Supyan Hussin, Prof. Dr.
Keywords:	Discourse analysis Academic writing Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
Issue Date:	29-Nov-2020
Description:	Academic writing has been established not only as content-oriented but also as dialogic and persuasive comprising various rhetorical strategies. As rhetorical strategies, interactional metadiscourse (MD) strategies are normally used to express authorial stance towards the content and readers. Due to variation of rhetorical strategies across cultures, L2 writers tend to encounter some challenges to effectively employ interactional MD strategies towards the content and readers. Despite the plethora of research on this area, little is known how interactional MD strategies are employed to pursue persuasive goals. Therefore, the current study examines the extent to which Yemeni academic writers employ interactional MD strategies compared to native English-Speaking (NES) writers. Accordingly, a corpus of 64 research articles (RAs) written by the two groups of writers was compiled. The study follows a corpus-based approach to analyze interactional MD strategies in RAs following quantitative and qualitative methods. A multi-analytical model was developed to identify interactional MD strategies and examine their persuasive role across rhetorical moves within RAs sections. Hyland's (2005a) model was adopted to identify interactional MD strategies in the corpora. Based on Hyland's model, AntConc (a software tool) was employed to search for instances of interactional MD strategies in the corpora. Moreover, Swales' (1990, 2004) models were adapted to identify rhetorical moves within RAs sections. Having identified the rhetorical moves, the use of interactional MD strategies for persuasive goals was examined. The findings show remarkably higher employment of interactional MD strategies by NES academic writers. The study indicates that NES writers tend to be more negotiating and engaging whereas Yemeni L2 writers are generally assertive. Compared to NES writers, Yemeni writers employed limited interactional MD strategies to pursue persuasive appeals. The study provides clear evidence that even academic L2 writers tend to have a lack of familiarity with the role of interactional MD in academic writing. The study has useful implications for contrastive rhetoric, academic writing and the teaching of writing in the Arabic context. Above all, the study proposes a model for the effective use of interactional MD strategies across rhetorical moves of RAs which could have pedagogical and theoretical implications.,Ph.D.
Pages:	242
Call Number:	P302.18.A233 2020 tesis
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan

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