Sanaz Houshanghi Kohneshahri - Department of English Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch, Urmia, Iran

Discourse and meta- discourse markers, act as a link between texts and disciplinary cultures which help reveal the particular reader and audiences of written texts. The present study aimed at pointing out the types and frequencies of different discourse and meta-discourse markers published in peer-reviewed journals by native and non-native writers. The design of the study is regarded as a descriptive study. According to analysis, it can be concluded that native speaker writing enjoys a higher standard of writing as far as the role of text-mediating features such as markers of discourse is concerned. While non-native writers are at times very proficient in ingredients of writing, the better overall quality of writings of the former group should be linked to other sources than grammatical and vocabulary knowledge.

Discourse Markers, Meta-discourse Markers, Interactive Meta-discourse Markers, Interactional Meta-discourse Markers