A comparative study of discourse Features in Natural Sciences and Applied Linguistics
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Academic surface structures reflect discourse variation and, by inference, discourse structure. This study attempts to explore surface linguistics features by investigating the extent, form and function of intensity markers in academic writing to reveal how different disciplinary and genre contexts influence argument. Based on a corpus of abstract sections in sixty research articles of two fields, that is, TEFL and Plant Cell and Biology articles, each with one discipline, the research has focused on some of the discoursal features writers use to support their claims and establish credibility for their research. This analysis seeks to hypothesize that intensity markers play a major role in articles, but their distribution differs across the two fields. Data is expected to reveal that there is significant difference in terms of frequency of use of intensity markers between above- mentioned disciplines. The present study provides useful implications in developing ESP materials and writing academic articles via paying conscious attention to intensity markers..
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بررسی مقایسهای ویژگیهای دیسکورس یا تجزیه و تحلیل کلام در علوم طبیعی و زبانشناسی کاربردی