Personal Metadiscourse Features on TED Talks by British Speakers

Duwila, Shanty Anugerah Yuni Puspita Sari Duwila and Probowati, Yeni (2020) Personal Metadiscourse Features on TED Talks by British Speakers. In: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2020).

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Abstract

The present research aims to analyze types and functions of personal metadiscourse used by native speakers (British)
during their performance on TED Talks. The study applied Ädel’s (2006) taxonomy of personal metadiscourse in
academic discourses to capture the occurrences of personal metadiscourse. Personal metadiscourses (I, we, you) are
commonly applied in written language. Only a few of them can be found in spoken language. Once there is the spoken
one, they are typically performed in monologue setting, such as in classroom, seminar, or lecture environment. Data
for this research were taken from 5 videos of TED Talks uploaded on YouTube. This study used a qualitative method
to analyze the transcriptions provided on the videos. To identify and count the concordances of each unit of personal
metadiscourse, AntConc 3.4.3w 2014 was applied. This study revealed that British speakers employ pronouns “I”,
“You”, and “We” both in metatext and audience interaction. However, not all pronouns can be found in each function.
In metatext category pronoun “You” is rarely used while pronoun I is mostly used by British speakers in discourse
organization for exemplifying. Pronoun “You” and “We” are used in audience interaction category for managing
messages. This study contributes to ESL/EFL teachers and students who are learning how to present facts effectively,
argue and persuade convincingly, and manage speaker and listener visibility.
Keywords: British English, metadiscourse features, personal metadiscourse, pronouns, TED Talks

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