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Publication details [#48508]

Dafouz, E. 2008. The pragmatic role of textual and interpersonal metadiscourse markers in the construction and attainment of persuasion: A cross-linguistic study of newspaper discourse. Journal of Pragmatics 40 (1) : 95–113.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

crosslinguistic perspective | metalanguage | newspaper report | persuasion | pragmatic role

Language as a subject

English, British | Spanish

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This cross-linguistic study examines the pragmatic function of textual and interpersonal metadiscourse markers in persuasion construction and achievement in two elite newspapers: the British 'The Times' and the Spanish 'El País'.