Author(s):
1. Faiza Lati:
Department of English, FAST National University Lahore Campus, Pakistan.
2. Muhammad Tahir Rasheed:
Department of English, FAST National University Lahore Campus, Pakistan.
Abstract:
The objective of the study is to identify the difference in the number of meta-discourse markers: hedges and boosters used by Pakistani male and female authors in the abstract, discussion and conclusion sections of their academic research articles and to investigate either female use more hedges than males or females use more boosters than males in the Pakistani context. Research article authors take various stances to represent the true value of their claims while writing. Gender plays a very vital role in the use of rhetorical devices and the author's gender could have a very significant effect on how much or what type of meta-discourse is used. Males and females not only differ in their psychological and physiological nature but also in their use of language. A comparative study was made to probe into the frequency of hedges and boosters in these three sections. To do so 50 research articles written by Pakistani authors were selected. Hyland's [2005] meta-discourse taxonomy was employed to identify the list of hedges and boosters. The results demonstrated that Pakistani female authors used more hedges than male writers and used fewer boosters than males.
Page(s):
187-192
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Science International, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Year: 2020
Keywords:
Hedges
,
gender
,
Rhetorical device
,
Boosters
,
Metadiscourse markers
,
Hylands taxonomy
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