The Distribution of Metadiscourse Markers in Texts of English Trade Agreements
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https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v2i140.3627Keywords:
Trade agreements, metadiscourse, Interactive markers, interactional markersAbstract
Metadiscourse markers refer to the linguistic elements that establish a relationship between the writers and the readers, the current study has conducted a quantitative analysis to measure the distribution and frequencies of metadiscourse markers in the texts of English trade agreements. The study has adopted the classifications of Hyland (2005); these classifications been applied to four English trade agreements obtained from official websites; four extracts have been selected randomly from each agreement. The results of the study have revealed that the English agreements used Interactive markers more than interactional markers.
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