Interaction in academic L2 writing: an analysis of interactional metadiscourse strategies in applied linguistics research articles

It has been acknowledged that academic writing is not only content-oriented but also involves various rhetorical strategies that help writers project themselves on text so that the content as well as the writer’s stance can be understood. Interactional metadiscourse (MD) strategies are established...

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Main Authors:	Al-mudhaffari, Musa, Supyan Hussin, Imran Ho Abdullah
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
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spelling	ukm-139952020-01-23T23:57:50Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13995/ Interaction in academic L2 writing: an analysis of interactional metadiscourse strategies in applied linguistics research articles Al-mudhaffari, Musa Supyan Hussin, Imran Ho Abdullah, It has been acknowledged that academic writing is not only content-oriented but also involves various rhetorical strategies that help writers project themselves on text so that the content as well as the writer’s stance can be understood. Interactional metadiscourse (MD) strategies are established to play a rhetorical role that contribute to the persuasiveness of argument. Due to the variation of rhetorical strategies across cultures, L2 writers tend to find some problems employing appropriate interactional MD strategies to express a clear stance and engage readers in the content presented. This paper examines the extent to which interactional MD strategies are employed in advanced L2 writing. To this end, 34 research articles written by Yemeni/Arab applied linguistics L2 writers were analysed. Based on Hyland (2005a), interactional MD strategies were identified via AntConc, a concordance analytical software tool. Moreover, a qualitative analysis was conducted to examine the way how advanced L2 writers use interactional MD strategies to pursue persuasive goals. The findings indicate that L2 writers tend to employ impersonal and less dialogic style in academic writing. A closer in-depth analysis indicates that the most salient interactional strategies in Yemeni L2 writing include making bare assertion as well as marking certainty of claims. They mostly tend to make assertion as they indicate research gaps and express conviction when they state findings and summarize their research. The implications of such findings could be useful for genre analysis, academic writing and L2 writing instruction. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13995/1/31880-110095-1-PB.pdf Al-mudhaffari, Musa and Supyan Hussin, and Imran Ho Abdullah, (2019) Interaction in academic L2 writing: an analysis of interactional metadiscourse strategies in applied linguistics research articles. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 25 (3). pp. 16-32. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1218
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description	It has been acknowledged that academic writing is not only content-oriented but also involves various rhetorical strategies that help writers project themselves on text so that the content as well as the writer’s stance can be understood. Interactional metadiscourse (MD) strategies are established to play a rhetorical role that contribute to the persuasiveness of argument. Due to the variation of rhetorical strategies across cultures, L2 writers tend to find some problems employing appropriate interactional MD strategies to express a clear stance and engage readers in the content presented. This paper examines the extent to which interactional MD strategies are employed in advanced L2 writing. To this end, 34 research articles written by Yemeni/Arab applied linguistics L2 writers were analysed. Based on Hyland (2005a), interactional MD strategies were identified via AntConc, a concordance analytical software tool. Moreover, a qualitative analysis was conducted to examine the way how advanced L2 writers use interactional MD strategies to pursue persuasive goals. The findings indicate that L2 writers tend to employ impersonal and less dialogic style in academic writing. A closer in-depth analysis indicates that the most salient interactional strategies in Yemeni L2 writing include making bare assertion as well as marking certainty of claims. They mostly tend to make assertion as they indicate research gaps and express conviction when they state findings and summarize their research. The implications of such findings could be useful for genre analysis, academic writing and L2 writing instruction.
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title	Interaction in academic L2 writing: an analysis of interactional metadiscourse strategies in applied linguistics research articles
title_short	Interaction in academic L2 writing: an analysis of interactional metadiscourse strategies in applied linguistics research articles
title_full	Interaction in academic L2 writing: an analysis of interactional metadiscourse strategies in applied linguistics research articles
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publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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