The Use of Metadiscourse in Short Story Written by ESL Learners
Table 4: Frequency of interactional metadiscourse
Types of markers | Raw occurrences | F per 1000 words | Percentage |
Engagement markersSelf-mentions Boosters HedgesAttitude markersTotal | 4,4692,4597726211948,515 | 90.3449.7115.6112.553.92172.14 | 52.48%28.88%9.07%7.29%2.28%77.14% |