| Category | Raw Frequency | Normalized Frequency | Chi-square | P | ||
| EACJ | EAIJ | EACJ | EAIJ | |||
| Hedges | 474 | 432 | 53.2 | 47.0 | 3.444 | 0.063 |
| Boosters | 309 | 275 | 34.7 | 29.9 | 3.101 | 0.078 |
| Attitude markers | 115 | 73 | 12.9 | 7.9 | 10.877 | 0.000* |
| Self-mentions | 274 | 490 | 30.8 | 53.3 | −53.961 | 0.000* |
| Total | 1172 | 1270 | 132 | 138 | 1.364 | 0.242 |