Metadiscourse Markers: A Contrastive Study of Translated and Non-Translated Persuasive Texts

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Tooba Mardani ¹

1 - Young Researchers and Elite Club, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2016-10-11 Accepted : 2017-05-31 Published : 2017-08-01

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