Author = Alireza Jalilifar
Number of Articles: 9
Book Reviews in Sciences: Structural and Functional Differences in Lexical Bundles
Volume 43, Issue 4 , November 2024, , Pages 87-116
Abstract
Lexical bundles are recurrent multi-word sequences that play a crucial role in academic discourse. This article presents an analysis of lexical bundles in book reviews across the ... Read More
From Academic to Journalistic Texts: A Qualitative Analysis of the Evaluative Language of Science
Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, , Pages 127-158
Abstract
This study examined academic articles and journalistic reports in 5 disciplinary areas to explore how similar contents might attitudinally be realized in two different genres. To this ... Read More
A Comparative Study of Thematicity in the Argumentative Writing of University EFL Students and the Introduction Section of Research Articles
Volume 36, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 85-110
Abstract
The present study aimed to find out thematic organization and progression in the argumentative writing of Iranian learners of English, representing two levels of language proficiency, ... Read More
A Multimodal Approach toward Teaching for Transfer: A Case of Team-Teaching in ESAP Writing Courses
Volume 35, Issue 4 , March 2017, , Pages 157-190
Abstract
This paper presents a detailed examination of learning transfer from an English for Specific Academic Purposes course to authentic discipline-specific writing tasks. To enhance transfer ... Read More
Genre Analysis and Genre-mixing Across Various Realizations of Academic Book Introductions in Applied Linguistics
Volume 35, Issue 1 , May 2016, , Pages 111-138
Abstract
Motivated by the need to explore the introductory sections of textbooks, the present study attempted to scrutinize three realizations of academic introductions, namely, Preface, Introduction, ... Read More
Cross-Cultural Investigation into Generic Structure of Dissertation Acknowledgements in English and Persian: Reflections on Politeness Strategies
Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 23-47
Abstract
This contrastive study, in the first place, examined the generic structure and, in the second place, explored the face theory proposed by Arundale (2006) in 140 doctoral dissertation ... Read More
The Disourse of War in the Middle East: Analysis of Syria's Civil Crises in English Editorials Published in Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia
Volume 32, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 1-21
Abstract
This paper examines the relationships between language and ideology and how ideology is constructed and presented via different language choices in English editorials published in different ... Read More
An Analysis of Iranian EFL Learners’ Dis-preferred Responses in Interactional Discourse
Volume 32, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 19-44
Abstract
The present study, on the one hand, attempted to investigate the strategies applied in dispreferred responses by Iranian university students of English and the extent to which pragmatic ... Read More
Power and Politics of Language Use: A Survey of Hedging Devices in Political Interviews
Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, , Pages 43-66