This study aimed to explore the function and frequency of textual metadiscourse markers (MDMs) in scientific English and Persian texts. Based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of textual markers characterizing the selected genre, four different textbooks, two written in English and two in Persian were analyzed to identify the textual metadiscourse categories (including logical marker...

Wedding invitations (WIs), as a uniquely socially and culturally constructed genre, provide a distinct opportunity  to  compare  the  sociocultural values of different  speech  communities  as reflected  in  the  textual  content  and  organization  of  the  different  moves.  Students  can  be exposed  to  this  genre  and  its  different moves  using  a  genre-based  pedagogy. Genre-based ped...

Research in the past few decades has claimed that high or rising fundamental frequency (F0) signals a set of meanings related to the expression of politeness (e.g., deference, submission or lack of confidence (Gussenhoven, 2004; Ohala, 1984)). In this regard, the Frequency Code has been proposed to explain the universal tendency for high pitch to be interpreted as related to politeness and othe...

It cannot be denied that Indonesian people separated from the name of mixing codes in communicating. In addition, communicating it is not uncommon to find messages sent interlocutor irrelevant their literal meaning. That is, speech contains a conversational implicature. The purpose this study look at form implicature and mix talk show Mata Najwa Exclusive Episode: Ganjar Pranowo World Cup. This...

Authors such as Tyler Schnoebelen (on page 12 of his study Emotions are Relational: Positioning and the Use Affective Linguistic Resources), suggest that in some languages (cf. Navajo), certain dependent clauses frequently used independently to “mark emotional evaluation background information”. Evans, work on insubordination its uses, makes use term refer this phenomenon. Our focuses a particu...

Abstract People usually express their feelings and emotions positively to others when they have happy occasions. However, the ways of expressing congratulation may vary because expressive speech act “congratulations” is not only way happiness share news. The present study investigates strategies Pakistani English as second language (ESL) learners British speakers under influence social distance...

A critical assessment of the current systematical planning and an in-depth review teaching materials efficiently improve fine educational to benefit developed learning contexts. In some countries, such as Iran, that belong expanding circle, local book writers provide English may ignore sociopragmatic language components, particularly culture. There is a blind spot massive gap in related literat...

In this article, a learner-centered pedagogical process for scaffolding deliberate use of MT is presented with the goal promoting student agency and personal expression. By developing awareness that translations entail contextually-sensitive options, students learn to critically assess different forms while actively engaging translation software. Grounded within SLA research on interaction nego...

Despite the importance of interlanguage pragmatic rating (ILP) in the second language teaching and learning context, scant attention has been devoted to it. This study aims to investigate native EFL teachers’ major criteria in assessing the speech act of complaint produced by Iranian EFL learners. To fulfill this end, two groups of experienced native raters, including American (n=47) and Britis...