Being Interactive in Applied Linguistics Research Articles: Towards Characterizing an Academic Writer’s Metadiscourse Style

Janailton Mick Vitor da Silva

Autores

Janailton Mick Vitor da Silva Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) João Pessoa | PB | BR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5137-5473

Palavras-chave:

style, corpus linguistics, metadiscourse, interaction, linguistic features

Resumo

Having access to how prominent researchers write may enlighten how we deal with the challenging task of writing. Therefore, this article aims to unveil the interactive metadiscourse style of Douglas Biber’s style since he is one of the most cited scholars in our area. A Corpus Linguistics methodological framework is proposed by using AntConc to compile and compare a study corpus and a reference corpus. The data retrieved from this comparison is assessed following the Stylistic Metadiscourse Model of Interpersonal Interaction in Academic Writing. The results contribute to the understanding of how Biber crafts an authorial style that may empower novice and other expert writers to write research articles that involve readers in meaningful reading and writing experiences.

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