Interpersonal metadiscourse

An Indicator of Interaction and Identity

Bibliographic Data

ID5966093
AuthorsReza Abdi (0000-0001-6860-8651, ARDEBIL AZAD UNIVERSITY, IRAN, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume4
Issue2
Pages139-145
Publication date2002-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/14614456020040020101
OpenAlexW2093152884
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited21

By using genre analysis, this study investigates the way writers use interpersonal metadiscourse to partly reveal their identity and examines their selected mode of interaction in two major academic fields: the social sciences (SS) and natural sciences (NS). A total of 55 academic research articles from the SS and NS were selected as the corpus of this study. A comparison of the two disciplines was made, based on the use of interpersonal metadiscourse through `hedges', `emphatics' and `attitude markers'. The analysis showed that the SS writers employed interpersonal metadiscourse more frequently than the NS writers. One-to-one comparison further showed that they varied significantly in their use of hedges and attitude markers but there was little difference in their use of emphatics. However, the use of hedges and emphatics was significantly different within each discipline. A qualitative in-depth analysis revealed that the choice of validity markers was closely related to the type of article being studied

Art · Biology · Discourse analysis · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Linguistics · Metadiscourse · Digital Communication and Language · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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