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Journal articles

Makki M; Ross AS, 2023, '“We were cocked & loaded to retaliate”: An appraisal-based study of dichotomies in Trump’s tweets about Iran', Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, 11, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlac.00069.mak

Mortazavi SM; Zandi H; Makki M, 2023, '"A history lesson, perhaps, for my novice counterpart" The analysis of (im)politeness in political Twitter (X)', Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlac.00091.mor

Makki M; Zappavigna M, 2022, 'Out-grouping and ambient affiliation in Donald Trump's tweets about Iran: Exploring the role of negative evaluation in enacting solidarity', Pragmatics, 32, pp. 104 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/prag.20048.mak

Makki M, 2020, 'The role of ‘culture’ in the construction of news values: a discourse analysis of Iranian hard news reports', Journal of Multicultural Discourses, pp. 308 - 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2020.1786573

Makki M, 2019, '‘Discursive news values analysis’ of Iranian crime news reports: Perspectives from the culture', Discourse and Communication, 13, pp. 437 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750481319842453

Makki M; White PR, 2017, 'Socio-cultural conditioning of style and structure in journalistic discourse: The distinctively “objective” textuality of Iranian political news reporting', Discourse, Context & Media, 21, pp. 54 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2017.12.001

White PR; Makki M, 2016, 'Crime reporting as storytelling in Persian/Farsi news journalism – perspectives on the narrative function', Journal of World Languages, 3, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21698252.2016.1244407

Makki M, 2016, 'Analysing Power in Language: A Practical Guide', DISCOURSE STUDIES, 18, pp. 368 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461445616634781f

Makki M; Sahragard R, 2014, 'The visual and verbal representation of foreign countries in the Iranian national TV news programs', Journal of Applied Linguistics

Nakatani Y; Makki M; Bradley J, 2012, 'Free to choose: communication strategy use in EFL classrooms in Iran', Iranian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 15, pp. 61 - 83, http://www.magiran.com/magtoc.asp?mgID=3535&Number=1502&Appendix=0&l=en

Makki M, 2011, 'Does the vehicle of presentation affect the listening comprehension of EFL learners: A case of Iranian learners', Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods

Mehrpour S; Makki M, 2011, 'Let’s See if Learners’ Level of Proficiency in English Affects their Production of Segmentals and Suprasegmentals: A Case of Iranian EFL Learners', Journal of Asia TEFL, 8, pp. 119 - 119

Conference Papers

Makki M, 2013, 'Iranian journalistic genres and styles: evaluative or not evaluative, that is the question', in Iranian journalistic genres and styles: evaluative or not evaluative, that is the question, critical perspectives: new directions and challenges, UNSW, Sydney, presented at critical perspectives: new directions and challenges, UNSW, Sydney, 21 November 2013 - 22 November 2013, http://criticalperspectives.arts.unsw.edu.au/timetable/

Makki M, 2013, 'A genre analysis of Iranian newspaper journalism', in A genre analysis of Iranian newspaper journalism, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, presented at Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference, 01 October 2013 - 03 October 2013, http://www.acu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/584719/BOOKLET_FINAL.pdf

Makki M, 2013, 'How Iranian media applies evaluative language in political news stories', in How Iranian media applies evaluative language in political news stories, UNSW, Sydney, presented at Current Issues in Appraisal, UNSW, Sydney, 01 February 2013 - 01 February 2013, http://www.socialsemiotics.org/appraisalsymposium/parallel-papers/


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