Interactional metadiscourse in research articles written by Turkish and native speakers
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Anadolu Üniversitesi
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Çapar, Meral
Turan, Ümit Deniz
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Çapar, M, Turan, Ü, D. (2020). Interactional metadiscourse in research articles written by Turkish and native speakers. Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International (AJESI), 10 (1), 324-358.Abstract
This study investigates how Turkish non-native speakers and native speakers of English use
metadiscourse markers in research articles. With this purpose, a total of 100 research articles on
the field of teaching a foreign language were analyzed based on the taxonomy of Hyland and Tse
(2004). 50 research articles written by Turkish academic writers and 50 research articles written by
American academic writers were collected from prestigious journals. The taxonomy has mainly
two components: Interactive and interactional resources. This study focuses on the interactional
resources. A qualitative approach was applied. The results of the binomial test showed that there
are significant differences in the use of interactional metadiscourse markers between the two
groups. American academic writers (AAWs) used significantly more interactional metadiscourse
markers (IMMs) in English research articles (ERAs) compared to Turkish academic writers
(TAWs). The use of the subcategories of engagement markers were also significantly different
specifically in terms of the use of self-mention and questions. This may suggest that the use of
IMMs may show cultural preferences, which can be considered as stylistic difference and may not
need further instructional intervention. Thus, academic writing courses are suggested to be
included especially in MA and PhD programs. Models of academic texts can be used in courses
and raising consciousness on both micro and macro aspects of academic discourse can be
suggested.
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