Open AccessThe Distribution of Metadiscourse Markers in Texts of English Trade Agreements
Author(s) -
Alyaa Farooq Najeeb,
May Stephan Rezqallah
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
al-ādāb
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2706-9931
pISSN - 1994-473X
DOI - 10.31973/aj.v2i140.3627
Subject(s) - metadiscourse , linguistics , distribution (mathematics) , psychology , computer science , mathematics , philosophy , mathematical analysis
Metadiscourse markers refer to the linguistic elements that establish a relationship between the writers and the readers, the current study has conducted a quantitative analysis to measure the distribution and frequencies of metadiscourse markers in the texts of English trade agreements. The study has adopted the classifications of Hyland (2005); these classifications been applied to four English trade agreements obtained from official websites; four extracts have been selected randomly from each agreement. The results of the study have revealed that the English agreements used Interactive markers more than interactional markers.