Metadiscourse strategies in Persian and English research articles

Through analyzing the metadiscourse strategies employed in Persian and English research articles, this study makes an attempt to find out whether or not Persian native writers follow generic norms of the discourse community when writing in their own language. A comparison of 36 Persian and 36 English research articles (as the predominant language of academic discourse community) showed that, on the whole, the use of metadiscourse strategies was similar to that of the academic discourse community in research articles. Some notable differences were observed in some metadiscourse strategies that might influence the way Persian native speakers write in English.