Interactive Metadiscourse in Research Article Discussions Published in High-Ranking and Low-Ranking ELT Journals
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Discussion section, research article, interactive metadiscourse, ELT JournalsAbstract
Many studies concerning meta-discourse markers have been conducted by researchers in some parts of academic texts in the applied linguistics and linguistics field. However, it has not been carried out yet in the research article discussions at different ranking ELT journals. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate how Indonesian authors used the interactive meta-discourse in research article discussions published in high-ranking and low-ranking ELT journals and investigate the differences in the usage of interactive meta-discourse markers used by them in both groups of journals. A quantitative approach with a comparative design was employed to examine the discussion sections of 32 research articles published in high-ranking and low-ranking ELT journals in 2020. Data were analyzed using the principles of genre-based discourse analysis or communicative purpose analysis (CPA) according to Hyland's (2005) meta-discourse framework. The results revealed that although Indonesian authors in high-ranking and low-ranking ELT journals used all types of interactive meta-discourse in discussing their research results in the discussion sections, the most favorably used by them was transition. Moreover, Indonesian authors in his high-ranking ELT journals used more transitions, frame markers, endophores, and chord-gloss markers than in low-ranking ELT journals. On the other hand, Indonesian authors of ELT journals with lower ranking often used evidence markers. These results demonstrate the importance of using interactive meta-discourse markers in writing research article discussions for Indonesian authors.
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