Meta-discourse Aspects in Joe Biden’s Inauguration Speech
Jalal Sadullah Hassan
University of Garmian/ College of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.5.3.20
Keywords: Interpersonal Meta-discourse, Code glosses, Hedges, Attitude markers
Abstract
The aim of this study is to find the types and to explain meta-discourse strategies used in Joe Biden’s selected speech. The study also tries to analyze the selected data by using the Hyland (2005) method or model in which meta-discourse is sorted in to two main kinds Textual and Interpersonal. The study has reached a number of conclusions; the most significant one is that interpersonal meta-discourse is frequently used by Biden for the purpose of affecting and directing American people. The study tries to have the answers to the following Questions:- 1-What type of meta-discourse markers used in Joe Biden’s selected speech? 2-What are the frequencies of the interactional and interpersonal meta-discourse markers in the selected speech? 3-What are the most important functions of meta-discourse in Biden’s speech?
