From Academic to Journalistic Texts: A Qualitative Analysis of the Evaluative Language of Science
From Academic to Journalistic Texts: A Qualitative Analysis of the Evaluative Language of Science

Alireza Jalilifar; Ali Bardideh; Zohreh, Shooshtari

Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, , Pages 127-158

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2018.30299.2554

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
A Comparative Study of Thematicity in the Argumentative Writing of University EFL Students and the Introduction Section of Research Articles

Alireza Jalilifar; Mohammad Alipour; Mahsa Rabiee

Volume 36, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 85-110

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.4043

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
A Multimodal Approach toward Teaching for Transfer: A Case of Team-Teaching in ESAP Writing Courses

zohreh Gooniband Shooshtari; Alireza Jalilifar; Somaye Biparva Haghighi

Volume 35, Issue 4 , March 2017, , Pages 157-190

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.3944

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
Genre Analysis and Genre-mixing Across Various Realizations of Academic Book Introductions in Applied Linguistics

Alireza Jalilifar; Zeinab Golkar Musavi

Volume 35, Issue 1 , May 2016, , Pages 111-138

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3699

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
Cross-Cultural Investigation into Generic Structure of Dissertation Acknowledgements in English and Persian: Reflections on Politeness Strategies

Alireza Jalilifar; Mohammad Javad Mohammadi

Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 23-47

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.2021

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
The Disourse of War in the Middle East: Analysis of Syria's Civil Crises in English Editorials Published in Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia

Forough Amin; Alireza Jalilifar

Volume 32, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 1-21

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1725

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
An Analysis of Iranian EFL Learners’ Dis-preferred Responses in Interactional Discourse

Alireza Jalilifar; Roqayeh Dinarvand

Volume 32, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 19-44

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1492

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
Power and Politics of Language Use: A Survey of Hedging Devices in Political Interviews

Ali Reza Jalilifar; Maryam Alavi

Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, , Pages 43-66

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.377

Abstract
  One tactful strategy in political rhetoric is hedging which is associated with vagueness and innuendos. Despite the studies that address hedging in academic discourse and conversation ...  Read More