The Use of Metadiscourse Markers in Malaysian Undergraduate Persuasive Essay Corpus at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

Amaal Fadhlini  Mohamed; Radzuwan  Ab Rashid; Nor Hazwani Munirah  Lateh

doi:10.30874/ksshr.38

Kresna Social Science and Humanities Research

Volume 1, December 2020, Pages 1-3

Amaal Fadhlini Mohamed, Radzuwan Ab Rashid, Nor Hazwani Munirah Lateh,

Received 23 November 2020, Published 28 January 2021

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Abstract

Metadiscourse in undergraduate essay writing is the linguistic expressions used by student writers to organise written texts while interacting with their imaginary readers. This paper presents a preliminary study to discover and present the use of metadiscourse markers in persuasive essays written by a group of undergraduate students from a chosen public university in Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. For the purpose of this study, a simplified metadiscourse framework for ESL lay writers proposed by Tan et al. (2012) is used. The metadiscourse markers in a corpus of undergraduate persuasive essays were explored with the assistance of a concordance software, WordSmith Tools. The findings reveal the frequency of the metadiscourse markers in the corpus and how they are commonly utilised in sentences. This study is expected to pave the way for more studies related to metadiscourse in undergraduate essays from other universities across this country.

Keywords

Metadiscourse

organisational discourse markers

Interpersonal Discourse Markers undergraduate essays

persuasive essays

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The author (s) declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Proceedings of the International Conference On Ummah: Digital Innovation, Humanities And Economy (ICU: DIHEc)

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Submitted
23 November 2020
Revised
18 October 2021
Published
28 January 2021

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Amaal Fadhlini Mohamed *

Radzuwan Ab Rashid

Nor Hazwani Munirah Lateh

Kresna Social Science and Humanities Research

Abstract

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Declarations

Conflict of Interest Statement

References

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Article Outline

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Amaal Fadhlini Mohamed *

Radzuwan Ab Rashid

Nor Hazwani Munirah Lateh

Kresna Social Science and Humanities Research

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Abstract

Keywords

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Conflict of Interest Statement

References

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The Use of Metadiscourse Markers in Malaysian Undergraduate Persuasive Essay Corpus at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan