The Metatextual Role of Introductions to Ba Papers

Loredana Pungă; Mirela Borchin

doi:10.2478/rjes-2014-0005

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The Metatextual Role of Introductions to Ba Papers

Romanian Journal of English Studies

Volume 11 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)

By: Loredana Pungă and Mirela Borchin

Open Access

|May 2014

Abstract

This article builds on a comparative analysis based on a corpus of literature and linguistics BA papers submitted by students majoring in English and Romanian, at the University of Timișoara. The authors highlight the metatextual function of introductions, focusing on identifying, classifying, and commenting upon deictic and non-deictic linguistic elements through which this function is fulfilled, in an attempt to see how consistently they are used by the student writers and to raise awareness of their use and usefulness.

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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 (formerly 1584-3734) | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734

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Language: English

Page range: 36 - 47

Published online: May 1, 2014

Published in print: Mar 1, 2014

Published by: West University of Timisoara

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

deictic linguistic elements,

non-deictic linguistic elements,

introductions,

metatextual function

Related subjects:

Linguistics and semiotics,

Theoretical frameworks and disciplines,

Linguistics, other

© 2014 Loredana Pungă, Mirela Borchin, published by West University of Timisoara
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Volume 11 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)