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Title A Comparative Study of the use of Metadiscourse Markers in Pakistani and American Journals of English Language: A Corpus Based Study

Author(s) RUKHTAB SHAHID

Abstract v ABSTRACT Title: A Comparative Analysis of Metadiscourse Markers in Pakistani and American Journals of English Language: A Corpus-Based Study Abstract This thesis presents a comparative study on the use of metadiscourse markers in the abstract sections of approved Pakistani and American journals. Metadiscourse markers play a crucial role in organizing and persuading the text while engaging the readers. This study examines the contrast in language used in journal abstracts from Pakistan and the United States, focusing on the frequency and categories of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers. The theoretical framework utilizes Hyland's (2005) taxonomy model, while the analysis relies on the metadiscourse markers theory. Data was collected using a judgment sampling approach, with a total of five Pakistani and five American journals over a five-year period (2018-2022). The American corpus had a larger sample size, consisting of 332 abstracts compared to the Pakistani corpus with 240 abstracts. The software Metapak 2.0 was employed to extract and analyze the data, considering categories such as frame markers, evidential markers, endophoric markers, code glosses, transitions, boosters, hedges, attitudes, self-mentions, and engagement markers. The findings reveal a higher frequency of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers in the American data compared to the Pakistani data. Moreover, both corpora demonstrated a preference for using transition markers as the most frequent metadiscourse marker. The study highlights that authors from both countries establish reader-friendly texts by employing text-oriented cues and establishing connections with the readers, particularly in language-focused research.

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Publication Date 2023-11-29

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