Socio-cognitive and Professional Practice Perspectives on Chairperson Statements

Authors

  • Vivian Chiew Ling Yee Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Cecilia Yin Mei Cheong Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22452/jml.vol32no1.2

Keywords:

Chairperson statement, metadiscourse strategies, genre analysis, socio-cognitive perspective, professional practice, interdiscursivity

Abstract

The study establishes the Malaysian chairperson statements from the socio-cognitive and professional practice perspectives. It identifies the move structure of 53 chairperson statements and metadiscourse strategies based on questionnaire and interview responses collected from 39 investors and 3 professional members. Three informational moves are used to assist investment decisions while seven non-informational moves are intended to build good image and good will, and to ensure compliance to requirements. Self-mentions, attitude markers, frame markers and transitions are also used to affectively realise the promotional and interpersonal moves. The chairperson statements are interdiscursively informational, promotional, and public relational. This research highlights pedagogy implications for English for Professional Communication (EPC) programmes, and recommendations for future studies.

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Author Biographies

Vivian Chiew Ling Yee, Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yee Chiew Ling Vivian is a lecturer at the Universiti Tenaga Nasional. She has taught academic writing, technical, and business communications at undergraduate level for almost 10 years. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Malaya. Her primary research interests focus on discourse studies, specifically genre analysis in written professional discourse.

Cecilia Yin Mei Cheong, Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cecilia Cheong Yin Mei (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Online Distance Learning, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya. She was formerly Head of Multimedia Planning Unit. Her research interests include Critical Genre Analysis, Multimodal Discourse Analysis, English for Specific Purposes, and Communication and Professional Discourse.

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Published

2022-07-31 — Updated on 2022-10-11

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How to Cite

Yee, V. C. L., & Cheong, C. Y. M. (2022). Socio-cognitive and Professional Practice Perspectives on Chairperson Statements . Journal of Modern Languages, 32(1), 19–36. https://doi.org/10.22452/jml.vol32no1.2 (Original work published July 31, 2022)