Markers of Prominence in Persian General Practitioners’ Books and Online Medical Journals
Giving certain elements more significance than others in the same context is called prominence. This study aims at identifying and comparing markers of focal and thematic prominence in Persian general practitioners’ books (GPBs) and Persian online medical journals (OMJs) based on Levinsohn’s m...
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| description | Giving certain elements more significance than others in the same context is called prominence. This study aims at identifying and comparing markers of focal and thematic prominence in Persian general practitioners’ books (GPBs) and Persian online medical journals (OMJs) based on Levinsohn’s model. The data were gathered from 100 texts from two written Persian GPBs and 100 texts from two Persian OMJs. SPSS software version 24 was used to evaluate the data. Results demonstrated “emphatic markers” such as fæqæt ‘just’ were used for focal prominence much more frequently in OMJs than in GPBs. In addition, significant differences were observed between GPBs and OMJs with regard to the markers of focal prominence and prominence in general, but not with regard to markers of thematic prominence. This may be related to the twofold effect of the different discourse types and different addressees of these texts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0369cab9004e45619acf08b535309a5e2023-12-11T19:13:59ZengUniversity of Sistan and BaluchestanIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies2008-54942322-36502022-11-01142456410.22111/ijals.2022.72947294Markers of Prominence in Persian General Practitioners’ Books and Online Medical JournalsSeddigheh Zeynali Dastuyi0Abbas Ali Ahangar1Pakzad Yusefiyan2Stephen Levinsohn3Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranDepartment of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranDepartment of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranSenior Linguistic Consultant, SIL International, University of Reading, United KingdomGiving certain elements more significance than others in the same context is called prominence. This study aims at identifying and comparing markers of focal and thematic prominence in Persian general practitioners’ books (GPBs) and Persian online medical journals (OMJs) based on Levinsohn’s model. The data were gathered from 100 texts from two written Persian GPBs and 100 texts from two Persian OMJs. SPSS software version 24 was used to evaluate the data. Results demonstrated “emphatic markers” such as fæqæt ‘just’ were used for focal prominence much more frequently in OMJs than in GPBs. In addition, significant differences were observed between GPBs and OMJs with regard to the markers of focal prominence and prominence in general, but not with regard to markers of thematic prominence. This may be related to the twofold effect of the different discourse types and different addressees of these texts.https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_7294_89153bbc6164d92b82d2b16d050c0853.pdffocal prominencethematic prominencemedical discoursemedical journalgeneral practitioners’ books |
| spellingShingle | Seddigheh Zeynali Dastuyi Abbas Ali Ahangar Pakzad Yusefiyan Stephen Levinsohn Markers of Prominence in Persian General Practitioners’ Books and Online Medical Journals Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies focal prominence thematic prominence medical discourse medical journal general practitioners’ books |
| title | Markers of Prominence in Persian General Practitioners’ Books and Online Medical Journals |
| title_full | Markers of Prominence in Persian General Practitioners’ Books and Online Medical Journals |
| title_fullStr | Markers of Prominence in Persian General Practitioners’ Books and Online Medical Journals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Markers of Prominence in Persian General Practitioners’ Books and Online Medical Journals |
| title_short | Markers of Prominence in Persian General Practitioners’ Books and Online Medical Journals |
| title_sort | markers of prominence in persian general practitioners books and online medical journals |
| topic | focal prominence thematic prominence medical discourse medical journal general practitioners’ books |
| url | https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_7294_89153bbc6164d92b82d2b16d050c0853.pdf |
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