METADISCOURSE OF ECONOMICS TEXTS WITH DIFFERENT GENRES

This study was aimed at examining the Metadiscourse of Economics Texts with Different Genres. The objectives of this study were to find out the types of metadiscourse occurred in economics texts with different genres and to explain the reasons of metadiscourse is used in Economics texts with different genres. This study was conducted by descriptive qualitative method. The source of data was Economics texts with different genres; they were Academic genres (textbook and journal) and Pure Economic Genre (Report of Financial Development). There were two writers that wrote both of genres. The first writer wrote economics text book and journal, while the second writer wrote economic textbook, journal, and pure economics report. The technique of data collection was documentary technique. The technique of data analysis was interactive model by Miles and Huberman (2014). The findings of the study showed that: 1) all types of metadiscourse occurred in Economics texts with different genres, namely textual metadiscourse (text connectives, code glosses, validity markers, and narrators) and interpersonal metadiscourse (illocution markers, attitude markers, and commentaries). 2) the reasons for using metadiscourse of economics texts with different genres were writing style and communicative needs of social context.