The current cross-linguistic study compares university students' use of transition markers (addition, compare/contrast, and consequence markers) in their L1 Arabic and L2 English argumentative writing. It also explores ...

Research in metadiscourse has foregrounded the multiple ways in which writers build a relationship with readers through internal dis¬course. Yet, few studies consider the relationship between the texts writers create and ...

The study presents the creation of the Qatari Corpus of Argumentative Writing (QCAW) as an annotated L1 Arabic and L2 English bilingual writer corpus. It comprises 200,000 tokens of argumentative writing by Qatari university ...

This study investigates the use of interactive metadiscourse markers, known as code glosses, in argumentative texts produced by Qatari university students writing in both their L1 Arabic and L2 English. An analysis of 390 ...

This systematic review critically examines metadiscourse research in the MENA region, addressing its underrepresentation on the global stage. By analysing 19 out of 964 identified studies, the review highlights the ...