Persuasion in Journalism: A Study of Metadiscourse in Texts by Native Speakers of English and Iranian EFL Writers

Moghadam, Farzane Deliery

doi:10.17507/tpls.0706.11

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“…Deliery Moghadam (2017) has done a research on the way native speakers of English and Iranian non-native speakers of English put the propositions by using metadiscourse feature in news articles. Considering Hyland's model of metadiscourse features, she chose 60 newspapers from American and Iranian newspapers (30 from each language).…”

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A Comparative Corpus-Based Analysis of Using Hedging, Boostering, and Self-Mentioning Metadiscourse Markers in Persian and English Psychology Books

Karami

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2020

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Metadiscourse is a set of linguistic ties used to communicate attitudes and denote the grammatical attributes of a text. The present study was conducted to inspect using hedging, boostering, and self-mentioning metadiscourse markers in the well-known Persian and English psychology books. Based on the chosen corpora of the study, this inquiry purposed to realize what the general preferences are in the use of hedging, boostering, and self-mentioning metadiscourse markers in Persian and English psychology books. The corpora of four psychology books, two by Persianspeaking psychologists and two by English-speaking psychologists, were chosen and analyzed based on Hyland's ( 2005) model of metadiscourse. The data obtained and collected from the chosen corpora were analyzed by Ant Conc 3.5.7 and SPSS statistical software. By analyzing the corpora of the study quantitatively, it is resulted that Persian-speaking psychologists used more metadiscourse markers than that of Englishspeaking psychologists in their books. Secondly, it is detected that Persian-speaking psychologists used fewer hedging metadiscourse markers in their books than that of their English-speaking counterparts. Thirdly, it is found that Persian-speaking psychologists used more boostering metadiscourse markers in their books than that of their Englishspeaking counterparts. Next, it is realized that Persian-speaking psychologists used more singular first-person self-mentioning metadiscourse markers in their books; however, their English-speaking counterparts used more plural third-person self-mentioning metadiscourse markers in their books. In addition, textual analysis has shown the difference of Persian and English sub-corpora in using hedging, boostering, and self-mentioning metadiscourse markers.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A Comparative Corpus-Based Analysis of Using Hedging, Boostering, and Self-Mentioning Metadiscourse Markers in Persian and English Psychology Books

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2020

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“…This indicates that the writers were aware of the use of topicalisers in the Persian news reports. Moghadam (2017) also discovered that transitions (or logical markers) were used the most in the news. These transitions were important markers used in the text to represent writers' attempt to ensure readers were able to correctly grasp the writers' points and ideas (Hyland, 2005).…”

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Writers’ Awareness of Metadiscourse Features in Malaysian Business News

Hooi

Tan

Lee

et al. 2022

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Metadiscourse is an important linguistic resource in business news because it guides readers throughout the text. Business news is vital to keep people abreast of how the economy affects job opportunities, how high or low interest rates may go, and whether layoffs are imminent in local industries. However, it is the news that people read the least because it is not engaging to them. The study aims to investigate The Star Online and Focus Malaysia business news writers’ awareness on the use of metadiscourse features. Metadiscourse Awareness Test was given to 10 business news writers from The Star Online and Focus Malaysia respectively. The findings showed that sequencers had the lowest mean score (M=2.334) for textual metadiscourse, while certainty markers had the lowest mean score (M=2.667) for interpersonal metadiscourse. Although The Star Online and Focus Malaysia writers exhibited the lowest mean score in identifying sequencers and certainty markers, they still demonstrated a high awareness in identifying all the categories of textual and interpersonal metadiscourse. The findings revealed the importance of metadiscourse features for the business news writers to fully utilise them in the news industry.

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“…Text with appropriate use of code glosses also aids readers' comprehension of the text. Moghadam (2017) explained that examples given through the use of code glosses will help to provide more explicit reading cues for the readers. Dafouz-Milne's (2008) study also points to the importance of the use of code glosses, where it was found that Spanish newspapers had frequently employed this device to provide more information to the readers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Biri's (2018) findings displayed that attributors helped to connect content to an outside source to signify the writers' involvement in the text. This implies the important role attributors play in the writing of business news as they help to strengthen the writers' arguments (Moghadam, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Texts with Metadiscourse Features are More Engaging: A Fact or A Myth?

Hooi

Tan

Lee

et al. 2020

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Metadiscourse is a pragmatic linguistic device that writers use to engage with their readers. For decades, research on metadiscourse has mostly centred on academic texts. There were also attempts to examine its use in editorials. However, in this study, attempts are made to investigate the readers' responses on the use and non-use of metadiscourse in online business news. To gain insights on this objective, thirty participants from a local public university in Malaysia participated in the study. The findings showed that most of the participants preferred to read news with textual metadiscourse because it was clearer, while 16.67% of the participants preferred to read news without textual metadiscourse. The findings also revealed that 93.33% of the participants preferred to read news with interpersonal metadiscourse because it was more engaging, while only 6.67% of the participants preferred to read news without interpersonal metadiscourse. The findings revealed the importance of metadiscourse in business news writings, and as such, texts constructed with and without the presence of metadiscourse could be useful teaching resources for writing instructors in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) writing classrooms.

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Persuasion in Journalism: A Study of Metadiscourse in Texts by Native Speakers of English and Iranian EFL Writers

Cited by 6 publications

References 25 publications

A Comparative Corpus-Based Analysis of Using Hedging, Boostering, and Self-Mentioning Metadiscourse Markers in Persian and English Psychology Books

A Comparative Corpus-Based Analysis of Using Hedging, Boostering, and Self-Mentioning Metadiscourse Markers in Persian and English Psychology Books

Writers’ Awareness of Metadiscourse Features in Malaysian Business News

Texts with Metadiscourse Features are More Engaging: A Fact or A Myth?

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