Inferential Discourse Markers in Discussion Section of Psychology Research Articles across English and Persian

سال انتشار: 1392
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 28 آذر 1392

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The use of inferential discourse markers (IDMs) as a linguistic device implies significant results in satisfying conversational coherence. With the aim of investigating their distribution of the use, this study was developed across three different sets of psychology articles written by English native speakers (NS), Persian speakers of non- native (PNNS), and Persian native speakers (PNS) during the years 2005- 2010 and 1985-1990. To this end, Fraser’s (1999) and Halliday and Hassan's (1976) taxonomies were adopted to analyze IDMs in the discussion section of 198 psychological research articles. Two micro and macro-levels (3 major categories) analyses of the IDMs were presented. The extent of difference in the type and frequency of use was then assessed through Chi- square across these examined groups. Findings revealed difference was significant at the micro-level, yet insignificant (p>0.05) at macro-level. Although therefore and thus were the commonest markers for all the native and non-native writers, there was a higher record of the former in the English articles written by Persian speakers. Yet, the latter was more frequent among the English native speakers. On the other hand, the major function of general causal relation proved as the common type of IDMs across all three groups of articles. Besides, despite the English native writers' diachronic consistency in IDM use, Persian writers recorded a significantly increasing tendency toward approaching native writing system over time. The latter highlights their preference to the native-like writing system through raising the frequency of IDMs in developing the articles. The findings may promise some implications for syllabus designers, material developers and language practitioners

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