A Comparative Study of Metadiscourse in Academic Writing: Male vs. Female Authors of Research Articles in Applied Linguistics

Like conversation and other modes of communication, writing is a rich medium for gender performance. In fact, writing functions to construct the disciplines as well as the gender of its practitioners. Despite the significance of author gender, as one constitutive dimension of any writing, it has bee...

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Published in:	Journal of Applied Linguistics
Main Authors:	Nasser Ghafoori, Rougia Oghbatalab
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch 2012-05-01
Subjects:	Gender discourse Metadiscourse Academic Writing Research Article
Online Access:	http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_520094_ae2d9cedf1d102e27f09053a7ce3944c.pdf