This paper describes a contrastive study of the Philippine and Indonesian newspaper editorials in order to see similarities differences their physical size terms words how Filipino editorialists utilized discourse strategies through metadiscourse markers. To this end, 30 Daily Inquirer Jakarta Post were examined lens rhetoric analysis. The investigation devices was grounded on framework Hyland ...

The appropriate use of hedging in scientific discourse is a vital skill for writers presenting their knowledge in an academic discourse community and much work has therefore been done on this relevant feature, especially on its use in the rhetoric of specialized texts in English. Some authors believe that there are considerable differences in styles of writing in particular cultures (e.g., see ...

The efficacy of genre-based approach to teaching writing has been regarded as an influential practice in L2 writing pedagogy (Hyland, 2007). However, there is still gap between actual structures found in reading materials recommended as textbooks and discourse patterns recommended for L2 writing in EFL contexts, the gap which would highlight the problems of genre and rhetorical patterns for tea...

Since Kaplan (1966), techniques for contrastive rhetoric have been used to examine the differences in the ways that various language cultures express ideas in discourse. A number of these studies have focused on apparent differences in Chinese and English structures, particularly in student writing and academic research articles. This study examines a particular function in language—transitions...