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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Russian Journal of Linguistics</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2687-0088</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2686-8024</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">46244</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2687-0088-39374</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">BMZIJR</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Rhetorical features in academic spoken discourse: The case of attitude and engagement markers</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Риторические особенности академического устного дискурса: маркеры отношения и вовлеченности</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title/></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5913-8159</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Alnayily</surname><given-names>Arkan</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Альнайили</surname><given-names>Аркан</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MA at the English Department of Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan (Isfahan) University. He is currently serving as the Director of Educational Supervision in Diwaniyah Governorate. His research interests include discourse analysis</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>получил степень магистра на кафедре английского языка Исламского университета Азад, филиал в Хорасгане, Исфахан, Иран. В настоящее время занимает должность директора по надзору за образованием в провинции Дивания. Его научные интересы включают дискурсивный анализ</p></bio><email>Arkanalnayly34@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7792-6640</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Mansouri</surname><given-names>Sara</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мансури</surname><given-names>Сара</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in English Language Teaching and is Assistant Professor at the English Department of Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Iran. Her expertise lies in corpus linguistics with a specialization in discourse analysis</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>имеет степень PhD в области преподавания английского языка и является доцентом кафедры английского языка Исламского университета Азад, филиал в Наджафабаде, Иран. Она специализируется в области корпусной лингвистики и дискурсивного анализа.</p></bio><email>saramansouri@iau.ac.ir</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4622-9009</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Esmaeili</surname><given-names>Parivash</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Эсмаили</surname><given-names>Париваш</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Assistant Professor of English Literature at the Department of English at the Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Iran. Her research interests include cognitive linguistics and cognitive poetics with a focus on linguistic study at the micro-textual level</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент кафедры английской литературы факультета английского языка Исламского университета Азад, филиал в Наджафабаде, Иран. Ее научные интересы включают когнитивную лингвистику, когнитивную поэтику, лингвистические исследованияя на микротекстовом уровне</p></bio><email>parivashesmaeili@iau.ac.ir</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Islamic Azad University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Исламский университет Азад</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-02" publication-format="electronic"><day>02</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>538</fpage><lpage>559</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-02"><day>02</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Alnayily A., Mansouri S., Esmaeili P.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Альнайили А., Мансури С., Эсмаили П.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2025, Alnayily A., Mansouri S., Esmaeili P.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Alnayily A., Mansouri S., Esmaeili P.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Альнайили А., Мансури С., Эсмаили П.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Alnayily A., Mansouri S., Esmaeili P.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/46244">https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/46244</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Studying the role of linguistic features in creating bonds between speakers that go beyond simply conveying thoughts helps to highlight how language users express their evaluations and guide others’ interpretations. This study focuses on attitude and engagement markers in academic spoken English. It aims to determine whether native and non-native speakers of English differ in their use of attitude and engagement markers across academic fields, levels of interactivity, gender, and academic roles. Data were drawn from the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (MICASE) and analysed using Hyland’s (2005) taxonomy. The results of the UNIANOVA inferential statistics indicated that the use of these rhetorical markers was conditioned not only by discipline or academic division, but also by level of interactivity, gender, academic role and cultural background. In addition, the results supported the idea that native speakers’ research practices within the discourse community influenced the frequency patterns of attitude and engagement markers in their discourse, and that non-native speakers needed to be made aware of adhering to disciplinary standards of discourse. They showed the impact of cultural background as well as situational factors and interpersonal relationships on communication styles and demonstrated that linguistic choices reflect cultural norms and expectations, which is crucial for understanding communication in multicultural academic environments. This study linguistically provides valuable insights into the complexities of language use in academic contexts, highlighting the social and interactive dimensions of communication. It also suggests that awareness of these rhetorical features could help speakers establish within the norms of the discourse community.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Изучение роли языковых особенностей в создании связей между говорящими, которые выходят за рамки простой передачи мыслей, помогает понять, как носители языка выражают свои оценки и направляют интерпретации других. Данное исследование посвящено изучению маркеров отношения и вовлеченности в академическом разговорном английском. Цель исследования - определить, различаются ли носители английского языка как родного и неродного в использовании маркеров отношения и вовлеченности в зависимости от академических областей, уровня интерактивности, пола и академических ролей. Данные были взяты из Мичиганского корпуса академического разговорного английского языка (MICASE) и проанализированы с использованием таксономии Хайленда (Hyland 2005). Результаты инферентной статистики UNIANOVA показали, что использование этих риторических маркеров обусловлено не только дисциплиной или академическим направлением, но также уровнем интерактивности, полом, академической ролью и культурным фоном. Кроме того, результаты подтверждают идею о том, что исследовательская практика носителей языка в рамках дискурсивного сообщества влияет на частотность маркеров отношения и вовлеченности в их дискурсе и что неносителям языка необходимо знать о дисциплинарных стандартах дискурса. Они также продемонстрировали влияние культурного происхождения, а также ситуативных факторов и межличностных отношений на стили общения и показали, что языковые решения отражают культурные нормы и ожидания, что крайне важно для понимания коммуникации в мультикультурной академической среде. Данное исследование предоставляет новую информацию о сложностях использования языка в академических контекстах, обращая внимание на социальные и интерактивные аспекты коммуникации. Предполагается, что знание выявленных риторических особенностей может помочь овладеть нормами конкретного дискурсивного сообщества.</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"/><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>academic discourse</kwd><kwd>rhetorical features</kwd><kwd>attitude markers</kwd><kwd>engagement markers</kwd><kwd>academic spoken English</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>академический дискурс</kwd><kwd>риторические особенности</kwd><kwd>маркеры отношения</kwd><kwd>маркеры вовлеченности</kwd><kwd>академический разговорный английский</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Ädel, Annelie. 2006. Metadiscourse in L1 and L2 English (Vol. 24). John Benjamins Publishing.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Alghazo, Sharif, Mohd Nour Al Salem &amp; Imran Alrashdan. 2021. 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