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The article "A Comparative Study of Metadiscourse Markers in the Abstract Sections of Research Articles Written by Turkish and English Researchers" by Dilay Işık Kirişçi and Eda Duruk aims to investigate the use of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers in research articles written in Turkish and English. The authors examine three different types of language use: English articles written by native speakers, English articles written by Turkish speakers, and Turkish articles written by Turkish speakers. The study focuses on two disciplines: Special Education and Preschool Education.

The article provides a comprehensive literature review on the genre approach and metadiscourse in academic writing. It highlights the importance of metadiscourse markers in academic writing as they provide necessary clues for academic writers to have an insight into the academic communities that they belong to. The authors also emphasize the significance of research article abstracts as they are the conveyers of informational and social assumptions of a field.

The methodology employed is quantitative and descriptive research method during the analysis of research article abstracts (RAAs) by focusing on metadiscourse markers in abstract sections. The data for this study comprises 300 published RAAs, 100 each from NST, TSE, and NSE from each discipline.

However, there are some potential biases in this study. Firstly, the sample size is relatively small, with only 100 RAAs per group per discipline. Secondly, there is no mention of how the RAAs were selected or whether they were randomly chosen. Thirdly, there is no discussion on how the researchers ensured inter-rater reliability during coding.

Moreover, while the authors claim that statistically significant differences were found in the use of frame markers, code glosses, hedges, boosters, and self-mentions across languages for interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers; they do not provide any evidence or data to support these claims. Additionally, there is no exploration or discussion on why these differences exist or what factors may contribute to them.

Furthermore, while the authors provide suggestions for academic writers to comply with writing conventions of academic writing; they do not discuss any potential risks or limitations associated with using metadiscourse markers excessively or incorrectly.

In conclusion, while this article provides valuable insights into the use of metadiscourse markers in research article abstracts written by Turkish and English researchers; it has some potential biases and lacks evidence to support its claims fully. Further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to confirm these findings.