Metadiscourse : exploring interaction in writing
This book addresses an important aspect of how language is used in written communication: the ways that writers reflect on their texts to refer to themselves, their readers or the text itself. This is known as METADISCOURSE.Metadiscourse is a key resource in language, as it allows the writer to enga...
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| Format: | E-Book Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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London
Continuum
2005
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
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| Schriftenreihe: | Continuum discourse series |
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| ISBN: | 0826476104, 9780826476104, 0826476112, 9780826476111 |
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- 7.1 The concept of community -- 7.2 Community, academic writing and metadiscourse -- 7.3 Metadiscourse variation in articles across disciplines -- 7.4 Interactional metadiscourse in articles across disciplines -- 7.5 Interactive metadiscourse in articles across disciplines -- 7.6 Metadiscourse variation in textbooks across disciplines -- 7.7 Interactional metadiscourse in textbooks across disciplines -- 7.8 Interactive metadiscourse in textbooks across disciplines -- 7.9 Summary and conclusions -- Section 3: Issues and implications -- Chapter 8 Metadiscourse in the classroom -- 8.1 Students, writing and audience awareness -- 8.2 Advantages of teaching metadiscourse features -- 8.3 Some teaching principles -- 8.4 Some teaching strategies -- 8.5 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 9 Issues and directions -- 9.1 Metadiscourse and the socially situated writer -- 9.2 Metadiscourse and interpersonal engagement -- 9.3 Metadiscourse and discourse variation -- 9.4 Metadiscourse and classroom practice -- 9.5 Methodological issues -- 9.6 Some implications and remaining issues -- 9.7 Further research -- References -- Appendix: Metadiscourse items investigated -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
- Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Section 1: What is metadiscourse? -- Chapter 1 First impressions -- 1.1 A brief overview of metadiscourse -- 1.2 A context of emergence: information and interaction -- 1.3 Metadiscourse and audience awareness -- 1.4 Metadiscourse, interaction and audience -- 1.5 Summary and conclusion -- Chapter 2 Definitions, issues and classifications -- 2.1 Definitions of metadiscourse -- 2.2 Propositional and metadiscourse meanings -- 2.3 'Levels of meaning' -- 2.4 Functional analyses -- 2.5 'Textual' and 'interpersonal' functions -- 2.6 Metadiscourse signals -- 2.7 Categorizations of metadiscourse -- 2.8 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 3 A metadiscourse model -- 3.1 Key principles of metadiscourse -- 3.2 A classification of metadiscourse -- 3.3 Metadiscourse resources -- 3.4 An illustration: metadiscourse in postgraduate writing -- 3.5 The limits of description -- 3.6 Summary and conclusions -- Section 2: Metadiscourse in practice -- Chapter 4 Metadiscourse and rhetoric -- 4.1 The concept of rhetoric -- 4.2 Academic discourse and rhetoric -- 4.3 Metadiscourse, ethos and The Origin of Species -- 4.4 Business discourse and metadiscourse -- 4.5 Metadiscourse and rhetoric in company annual reports -- 4.6 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 5 Metadiscourse and genre -- 5.1 The concept of genre -- 5.2 Metadiscourse and genre -- 5.3 Metadiscourse in academic research articles -- 5.4 Metadiscourse in popular science articles -- 5.5 Metadiscourse in introductory textbooks -- 5.6 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 6 Metadiscourse and culture -- 6.1 Culture and language -- 6.2 Metadiscourse across languages -- 6.3 Metadiscourse and writing in English -- 6.4 Interactive metadiscourse in English -- 6.5 Interactional metadiscourse in English -- 6.6 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 7 Metadiscourse and community