A Comparative Analysis of Epistemic and Root Modality in Two selected English Books in the Field of Applied Linguistics Written by English Native and Iranian Non-native Writers

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Shahmohammadi Minoo; GHAFOORI NASSER

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Journal: THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE Year:2017 | Volume:10 | Issue:21 Page(s): 143-158

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A Comparative Analysis of Epistemic and Root Modality in Two selected English Books in the Field of Applied Linguistics Written by English Native and Iranian Non-native Writers

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Shahmohammadi Minoo | GHAFOORI NASSER | Issue Writer Certificate

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academic writingQ1

discourse analysisQ1

epistemic modalityQ2

root modalityQ2

Abstract

Academic discourse has always been the focus of many linguists, especially those who have been involved with English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and discourse analysis. Persuasion, as part of rhetorical structure of academic writing, is partly achieved by employing modality markers. Adopting a descriptive design, the present study was carried out to compare the use of modality markers in terms of frequency and their categorical distribution in two academic books, written in English, in the field of Applied Linguistics by native English and nonnative Iranian authors. Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik’ s (1985) model of modality was employed as an analytical framework to identify the type of modal verbs. The frequency of different types of modal verbs was calculated per 100000 words and the significance of difference in their distribution was checked through Chi-square nonparametric inferential statistics. The results of the statistical analyses did not show any significant difference in the overall distribution of modality (both epistemic and root) markers. However, significant differences were observed in the categorical distributions of modal verbs in two corpora. The results were attributed to the non-native writers’ lack of awareness of the conventional rules of English rhetoric, and the lack of explicit instruction in this field. The findings could offer pedagogical implications for those involved in syllabus design and materials development in general and English writing courses in particular.

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Shahmohammadi, Minoo, & GHAFOORI, NASSER. (2017). A Comparative Analysis of Epistemic and Root Modality in Two selected English Books in the Field of Applied Linguistics Written by English Native and Iranian Non-native Writers. THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE, 10(21 ), 143-158. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/181290/en

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Shahmohammadi Minoo, GHAFOORI NASSER. A Comparative Analysis of Epistemic and Root Modality in Two selected English Books in the Field of Applied Linguistics Written by English Native and Iranian Non-native Writers. THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE[Internet]. 2017;10(21 ):143-158. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/181290/en

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Minoo Shahmohammadi, and NASSER GHAFOORI, “A Comparative Analysis of Epistemic and Root Modality in Two selected English Books in the Field of Applied Linguistics Written by English Native and Iranian Non-native Writers,” THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE, vol. 10, no. 21 , pp. 143–158, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/181290/en

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