Grammatical devices of stance in written academic English

Alghazo, Sharif; Salem, Mohd Nour Al; Alrashdan, Imran; Rabab’ah, Ghaleb

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08463

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“…In this respect, Petchkij (2019) found that the modals as subcategories of hedge were the most frequently employed by Thai EFL students in the academic writing classroom. The result of this study is also related to that of Alghazo et al (2021), in which modals and semi-modals were mostly counted and increasingly contributed to applied linguistics than in the literature research article abstract. The reason was that the slippery nature of the applied linguistic subject is remarked by uncertainty and ambiguity.…”

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Stance Expressions in Introduction of English Research Articles written by Cambodian Authors

2022

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Stance Expression indicates feelings, certainty or uncertainty, and interests of the authors. As the increasing needs of the readers on significant findings from the introduction section of Research Articles, a study on Stance Expression of introduction section in the English research articles written by Cambodian authors has been conducted to employ crucial aims of the study: (1) examine stance expression types and the categories of each type; (2) compare the similarities and differences of stance expression types used in the introduction section of English RAs written by Cambodian authors published in local and international journals. Thirty research articles written by Cambodian authors published in local and international journals were used in this study. To fulfill these research objectives, the mixed-method research design was utilized in this study. All the four stance features, such as Hedges, Boosters, Attitude Markers, and Self-expression, proposed by Hyland (2005) were used as a Lexical analysis framework model in this study. The results revealed that four stance expression types were found in this study. The hedge was the most frequently employed among the other types of stances. There is a significantly different in terms of the frequencies of hedge used within both RA journals, but there is no for booster, attitude marker, and self-mention. Local Cambodian authors should follow the international authors as models in applying stance in their RAs. A comparison study of the stance expression and engagement between Cambodian and international authors in the introduction should be expanded more different articles from available journals.Keywords: English research article, introduction section, stance expression, local journals, international journals

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Stance Expressions in Introduction of English Research Articles written by Cambodian Authors

2022

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“…As noted earlier, engagement as an interactional metadiscourse feature has not yet received due attention in metadiscourse research, compared to other features of stance and voice (Alghazo et al, 2021 ). Engagement has often been examined in a subsidiary manner to stance (see Hyland, 2005 ; Alghazo et al, 2021 ; Herzuah, 2018 ; Abusalim et al, 2022 ).…”

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Engagement strategies in English and Arabic newspaper editorials

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Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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This study explores the use and functions of engagement strategies in English and Arabic newspaper editorials. To this end, the study analyses 80 editorials collected from two popular newspapers (40 from each): The Guardian which publishes in English and appears in the UK and Addustour which publishes in Arabic and appears in Jordan. Following Paltridge’s (2020) taxonomy, the study utilises a mixed-method approach to assess whether differences in the use of engagement strategies between the two corpora are statistically significant and to identify the functions of the strategies used in the two sets of data. The findings show that there are statistically significant differences between the two languages in the use of some engagement strategies. In particular, Arabic editorials included more reader pronouns and less personal asides than did English ones. In addition, although questioning as an engagement strategy was absent in the Arabic corpus, it was used in the English one to transmit information and circulate knowledge. The findings enrich our understanding of how the editorial genre is constructed, and how editorialists engage with their readers in the two languages.

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“…However, it is noted that such competence leads the EFL students to writing barriers. The reason is because English grammar consists of comprehensive types which cannot be easily understood by the EFL students as beginner paper authors (Alghazo, Al Salem, Alrashdan, & Rabab'ah, 2021;Ma & Qian, 2020;Prćić, 2014). The authors are responsible for the quality of each sentence they write in a paper.…”

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Rural College Efl Learners’ Barriers in Writing a Research Paper: A Photovoice Phenomenological Approach

Mudra

2023

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Writing an academic paper leads to a serious problem for most student authors in rural universities. This current study aimed to investigate rural college EFL students' experiences in dealing with English research paper writing and publication barriers. Five senior EFL students voluntarily participated in a photovoice phenomenological study. The data were collected through two methods, including semi-structured interviews and a photovoice. The students took some emotional photos to express their feelings on paper writing and publication barriers visually. The interviews encouraged them to describe their experiences and feelings through the photos. The data were analyzed by synchronizing each photo with its qualitative description. As for the results, it is noted that there were three main paper writing and publication barriers, including a lack of linguistic competence, being trapped with a journal template, and anxiety towards written corrective feedback. Each interview result was accomplished with emotional photos in several themes such as untidy pieces of paper, scenery, internet search, children's toys, colourful pens, and empty boxes. The photos were also supported by qualitative remarks of each EFL student. In short, the photovoice helps to represent deep feelings on the research paper writing and publication barriers experienced by the EFL students.

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Grammatical devices of stance in written academic English

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

Stance Expressions in Introduction of English Research Articles written by Cambodian Authors

Stance Expressions in Introduction of English Research Articles written by Cambodian Authors

Engagement strategies in English and Arabic newspaper editorials

Rural College Efl Learners’ Barriers in Writing a Research Paper: A Photovoice Phenomenological Approach

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