1Dunya AlJazrawi,2Zeena AlJazrawi, 3Israa Ismaeel Mahmood
1,2Kingdom University in Bahrain, Bahrain
3Department of English language, College of education for women, Aliraqia university, Iraq
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v4-i11-26Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT:
Since the outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19, a huge amount of information has been released and shared by individuals, communities and specialized organizations. Language serves as a powerful tool on which information providers depend to convey their advice and instructions. In this study, the researchers examined the frequency of interactional metadiscourse markers in the WHO's director general's speeches regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and how those markers are used for communicative and persuasive effects. The corpus included 91 scripts with a different number of words making a total of 84,372 words. Hyland's (2005) model of metadiscourse was used to analyse the corpus. Data analysis revealed that interactional metadiscourse markers are heavily used by WHO director to deliver coherent speeches and to make his speeches persuasive. Moreover, the findings show that the speaker relied intensively on the use of self-mention marker and boosters to reflect the collaborative and assured attitude of the organization concerning the situation of the pandemic.
KeywordsCovid-19; interactional markers; Metadiscourse; persuasion; WHO
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