| Title |
Metadiscourse in Linguistics Master’s Theses in English L1 and L2 / |
| Translation of Title |
Metadiskursas magistro darbuose, parašytuose gimtąja ir negimtąja anglų kalba. |
| Authors |
Burneikaitė, Nida |
| DOI |
10.15388/Klbt.2008.7591 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Kalbotyra.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2008, t. 59(3), p. 38-47.. ISSN 1392-1517. eISSN 2029-8315 |
| Abstract [eng] |
Recent investigations of academic discourse have revealed considerable variations in the interpersonal uses of language: academic texts representing different genres, disciplines and languages/cultures show differences in the ways writers create interaction in text. Studies of English native (L1) and non-native/interlanguage (L2) texts have also shown variability in the use of interpersonal strategies. Many contrastive studies favour the Research Article genre, whereas other genres seem to be under-investigated. This paper focuses on the Master’s Thesis genre in the discipline of Linguistics1 in different cultural/educational contexts: British and Lithuanian universities. It describes patterns of metadiscourse in the MA thesis genre; it compares metadiscourse strategies in English texts by L1 and L2 writers; it considers the role of institutional practices and individual writer style in the way writers manage their discourse. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2008 |
| CC license |
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