Abstract The present study sets out to investigate an important aspect of gendered performance, namely, the presence of interactional metadiscourse in conference presentations delivered in Persian. The study pursues two primary objectives: firstly, to compare the quantity and quality of interactional metadiscourse markers as expressed by male and female academics; secondly, to investigate some other factors influencing the phenomenon under investigation. The data include twenty-four conference presentations by twelve males and twelve females. The quantitative analysis showed a statistically significant difference in the use of interactional metadiscourse by male and female presenters. However, the qualitative analysis helped the authors to identify more similarities than differences. In point of fact, such factors as academic status and nativeness had caused the speakers to use different metadiscourse strategies.

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波斯语中性别的互动元话语

摘要 本研究着手调查性别表现的一个重要方面，即波斯语会议演示中交互元话语的存在。该研究追求两个主要目标：首先，比较男性和女性学者所表达的交互元话语标记的数量和质量；其次，调查影响被调查现象的其他一些因素。数据包括 12 位男性和 12 位女性的 24 次会议报告。定量分析表明，男性和女性演讲者在使用交互元话语方面存在统计学上的显着差异。然而，定性分析帮助作者发现了更多的相似之处而不是差异。事实上，