The distribution of meta discourse markers in texts of English trade agreements

الملخص EN

Metadiscourse markers refer to the linguistic elements that establish a relationship between the writers and the readers, the current study has conducted a quantitative analysis to measure the distribution and frequencies of metadiscourse markers in the texts of English trade agreements.

the study has adopted the classifications of Hyland (2005); these classifications been applied to four English trade agreements obtained from official websites; four extracts have been selected randomly from each agreement.

the results of the study have revealed that the English agreements used interactive markers more than interactional markers.