Assess the ability to apply corpus-based discourse analysis to identify and interpret stance markers in research article introductions. Students will select or be given a small corpus of RA introductions, design or adopt an annotation scheme (e.g., hedges, boosters, attitude, self-mentions, engagement), use corpus tools (concordances, frequency lists, collocation) to locate candidate markers, code and check reliability, and interpret distributional patterns and rhetorical functions within the genre; evaluate methodological choices and implications for genre and stance research.