The Use of the interactive metadiscourse markers in dissertations
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2024
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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In the past 10 years the interest of using the Interactive Metadiscourse markers (IMM) in the academic writing has developed , since the writer is responsible to create an interactive bridge and communication between the piece of writing and the readers. Therefore, a suitable language must be used such as Logical connectives, Structural, Announce Goals and Endophoric which are the most important words or phrases that help to organize as well as interpret the information in the text and each one has a specific function. The present study aims to investigate the use of the Interactive Metadiscourse Markers (IMM) in the chapters’ introductions and conclusions of 20 dissertation at Larbi Ben Mhidi University; this research aims also to analyse the presence of all the four types od IMM, as well as, the most common and used type. To conduct this research, a quantitative method is adopted, the sample are the chapters’ Introductions and Conclusions which extracted from 20 dissertations from D-space and Thesis Algerie websites, then analysing the selected sections manually, subsequently by using AntConc program, to meet the aims of the study Hyland model (2005) is used. The results indicate that the frequency of each category differs significantly. Furthermore, the Algerian students tend to overuse the LC more than the SMM and AG; on the other hand, they rarely use EM despite its importance. In addition, more than five dissertations lack chapters’ conclusions because they underestimate its significance and this have a negative impact on their academic writing.