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T1  - Metadiscourse in Online Opinion Texts : Exploring variation within a genre 
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UR  - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-201711065614; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/228406 
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A1  - Biri, Ylva 
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PB  - Helsingin yliopisto 
Y1  - 2017 
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AB  - The purpose of this study is to analyse the use of metadiscourse in English speaking opinion writing on blogs, news sites and the websites of newspapers. Metadiscourse is a theoretical framework for describing linguistic constructions used to structure or comment on the discourse of a text. How metadiscourse is used depends on the genre and the audience of the text. Previous research, much of which has been qualitative, has shown that metadiscourse is used in opinion writing partly to make the a... 
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KW  - metadiskurssi; metadiskurs; English Philology; Englantilainen filologia; Engelsk filologi; blogit; korpustutkimus; genretutkimus; kolumnit; genreanalys; korpusundersökning; bloggar; kolumner 
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