The Use of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers in the Results and Discussion Sections of Algerian Scientific Research Articles
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2020-12
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UNIVERSITE MOULOUD MAMMERI TIZI-OUZOU
Abstract
The present study aims at exploring the use of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers in the Results and Discussion sections of twenty (20) Algerian Scientific Research Articles. Four objectives have motivated our research. The first objective is to investigate whether all the five categories of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers are used in the Results and Discussion sections of Algerian Scientific Research Articles. The second objective is to explore what type of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers is mostly used in the Results and Discussion sections of Algerian Scientific Research Articles. The third objective is to examine whether the Algerian writers are aware of the importance of the use of each category of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers in the Results and Discussion sections of scientific papers. The last objective is to see whether all the Interactional Metadiscourse Markers that occur in the Results and Discussion sections of Scientific Research Articles are used effectively by Algerian scientific writers. In order to meet the objectives of the study, Hyland’s (2005) metadiscourse framework is adopted. The data are gathered from twenty (20) Results and Discussion sections extracted from Algerian Scientific Research Articles, and from a structured interview conducted with four authors of the articles. As far as data analysis is concerned, a mixed method combining both qualitative and quantitative methods is adopted. The qualitative data are analyzed using Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) while the Excel is used to analyze the quantitative ones. Our research findings reveal that all the five categories of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers are used in the Results and Discussion sections of Algerian Scientific Research Articles. However, the frequency of the use of each category differs as the most frequently used category is boosters followed by hedges, attitude markers, then self-mentions and finally engagement markers. In fact, the results demonstrate that the Algerian writers are aware of the importance of using some categories of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers, mainly, boosters, hedges and attitude markers; however, they lack awareness in using self-mentions and engagement markers. Finally, the results of the current study show that not all the Interactional Metadiscourse Markers that occur in the corpus are used effectively as many markers have been overused to express either certainty or uncertainty, which may have a negative impact on the credibility of the work, in addition to the misuse of self-mentions and engagement markers.
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30cm.; 95p.; tabl.+cd
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Academic writing, Algerian Scientific Research Articles, Metadiscourse, Interactional Metadiscourse Markers, Results and Discussion sections
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Didactics of Foreign Languages