Using the Hyland & Tse's classification of metadiscourse,the present study conducts a corpus-based analysis of RAs with non-IMRD structure from the perspective of metadiscourse analysis,in order to probe into ...Using the Hyland & Tse's classification of metadiscourse,the present study conducts a corpus-based analysis of RAs with non-IMRD structure from the perspective of metadiscourse analysis,in order to probe into the employment of discourse strategies and their corresponding communicative goals.展开更多
This paper examines how Sun Guoting employs interpersonal metadiscourse to realize the credible appeal in his treatise Shu Pu.The findings of the research indicate the credible appeal aided by this metadiscourse helps...This paper examines how Sun Guoting employs interpersonal metadiscourse to realize the credible appeal in his treatise Shu Pu.The findings of the research indicate the credible appeal aided by this metadiscourse helps illuminate the rhetorical success of Shu Pu.Certainty markers as well as attitude markers prevail,which contribute to the ethos of a determined,upright and passionate calligraphy critic,scholar and supervisor.Meanwhile,hedges,commentaries and attributors of interpersonal metadiscourse also carry credible meanings for Sun’s readers,though used less frequently.展开更多
Although much previous research has examined the expression of interactional metadiscourse in different registers,little is known about the ways writers express interactional metadiscourse in part-genres such as disse...Although much previous research has examined the expression of interactional metadiscourse in different registers,little is known about the ways writers express interactional metadiscourse in part-genres such as dissertation abstracts.This study explores interactional metadiscourse in doctoral students’English dissertation abstracts in material science and applied linguistics.The analysis is based on two self-built corpora of student writing:60 dissertation abstracts in material science and 60 dissertation abstracts in applied linguistics.Using Hyland’s(2005)model of interactional metadiscourse,this study compared the employment of metadiscourse resources in the two corpora.Findings of the analysis show that the students in applied linguistics use significantly more interactional devices than their material science counterparts.For each type of interpersonal resource,namely,hedges,boosters,attitude markers,self-mentions and engagement markers,significant differences were found.The results reveal students’increasing awareness of the authorial identity in academic writing.The study has practical implications for the teaching of academic writing.展开更多
Metadiscourse is an umbrella term to refer to all language forms that realize the interaction between writer and reader,writer and texts, and reader and texts. However, since its birth, different definitions have been...Metadiscourse is an umbrella term to refer to all language forms that realize the interaction between writer and reader,writer and texts, and reader and texts. However, since its birth, different definitions have been proposed for this term. By analyzingvarious definitions, a clearer picture is presented of the nature of metadiscourse, which still calls further clarification though.展开更多
This thesis uses Hyland's(2008) interpersonal model of metadiscourse to collect and analyze the metadiscourse resources employed in BE negotiation. The author aims to analyze the distribution and the utilization o...This thesis uses Hyland's(2008) interpersonal model of metadiscourse to collect and analyze the metadiscourse resources employed in BE negotiation. The author aims to analyze the distribution and the utilization of metadiscourse resources in BE negotiation and wishes this research would play a positive and useful role in coming up with better strategies for the efficient and successful BE negotiation.展开更多
Academic paper as a genre is communicative.Interactional metadiscourse is one of the linguistic features that can significantly show the communicative feature of texts.With different research methodologies and charact...Academic paper as a genre is communicative.Interactional metadiscourse is one of the linguistic features that can significantly show the communicative feature of texts.With different research methodologies and characteristics,academic papers of hard and soft science present different degree of communicative features.The corpus of this study consists of 16 academic papers among which 8 are from hard science and 8 from soft science.This article aims to explore the different ways of scholars from soft and hard science to use metadiscourse in the conclusion part of their academic papers to exert lights to the pedagogical development of academic papers.展开更多
This paper examines categories and functions of interactive and interactional textual elements used in the contractual discourse of selling/purchasing 100 shares of the Suez Canal Company in 1947.The exchanged documen...This paper examines categories and functions of interactive and interactional textual elements used in the contractual discourse of selling/purchasing 100 shares of the Suez Canal Company in 1947.The exchanged documents between the involved parties,the Egyptian(buyer)and the American(seller),are analyzed using Metadiscourse Analysis(MDA)as an approach to analyzing the textual resources used in the selected corpus.Game Theory is also used in conjunction with MDA to allocate the strategic behaviors of the players within the competitive contextual surroundings of the selected discourse.The analysis explains the structural constructions of the correspondences exploring how interactional relations between the participants are linguistically crafted.The analysis of the contract discourse is argued to contribute to econo-linguistics by examining how MDA and Game Theory can be integrated to construe/construct discourses about economics.The article concludes that metadiscourse resources enable the discourse of contracts to maintain a dialogic interactional language between the seller and the buyer.This interaction assimilates a game where the author and the reader(or players)exchange moves strategically to reach the target payoff.Thus,it can be argued that integrating MDA and Game Theory benefits econo-linguistics in highlighting hidden agendas and understanding interactive and interactional meanings in the discourse.展开更多
文摘Using the Hyland & Tse's classification of metadiscourse,the present study conducts a corpus-based analysis of RAs with non-IMRD structure from the perspective of metadiscourse analysis,in order to probe into the employment of discourse strategies and their corresponding communicative goals.
文摘This paper examines how Sun Guoting employs interpersonal metadiscourse to realize the credible appeal in his treatise Shu Pu.The findings of the research indicate the credible appeal aided by this metadiscourse helps illuminate the rhetorical success of Shu Pu.Certainty markers as well as attitude markers prevail,which contribute to the ethos of a determined,upright and passionate calligraphy critic,scholar and supervisor.Meanwhile,hedges,commentaries and attributors of interpersonal metadiscourse also carry credible meanings for Sun’s readers,though used less frequently.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WUT:215217002).
文摘Although much previous research has examined the expression of interactional metadiscourse in different registers,little is known about the ways writers express interactional metadiscourse in part-genres such as dissertation abstracts.This study explores interactional metadiscourse in doctoral students’English dissertation abstracts in material science and applied linguistics.The analysis is based on two self-built corpora of student writing:60 dissertation abstracts in material science and 60 dissertation abstracts in applied linguistics.Using Hyland’s(2005)model of interactional metadiscourse,this study compared the employment of metadiscourse resources in the two corpora.Findings of the analysis show that the students in applied linguistics use significantly more interactional devices than their material science counterparts.For each type of interpersonal resource,namely,hedges,boosters,attitude markers,self-mentions and engagement markers,significant differences were found.The results reveal students’increasing awareness of the authorial identity in academic writing.The study has practical implications for the teaching of academic writing.
文摘Metadiscourse is an umbrella term to refer to all language forms that realize the interaction between writer and reader,writer and texts, and reader and texts. However, since its birth, different definitions have been proposed for this term. By analyzingvarious definitions, a clearer picture is presented of the nature of metadiscourse, which still calls further clarification though.
文摘This thesis uses Hyland's(2008) interpersonal model of metadiscourse to collect and analyze the metadiscourse resources employed in BE negotiation. The author aims to analyze the distribution and the utilization of metadiscourse resources in BE negotiation and wishes this research would play a positive and useful role in coming up with better strategies for the efficient and successful BE negotiation.
文摘Academic paper as a genre is communicative.Interactional metadiscourse is one of the linguistic features that can significantly show the communicative feature of texts.With different research methodologies and characteristics,academic papers of hard and soft science present different degree of communicative features.The corpus of this study consists of 16 academic papers among which 8 are from hard science and 8 from soft science.This article aims to explore the different ways of scholars from soft and hard science to use metadiscourse in the conclusion part of their academic papers to exert lights to the pedagogical development of academic papers.
文摘This paper examines categories and functions of interactive and interactional textual elements used in the contractual discourse of selling/purchasing 100 shares of the Suez Canal Company in 1947.The exchanged documents between the involved parties,the Egyptian(buyer)and the American(seller),are analyzed using Metadiscourse Analysis(MDA)as an approach to analyzing the textual resources used in the selected corpus.Game Theory is also used in conjunction with MDA to allocate the strategic behaviors of the players within the competitive contextual surroundings of the selected discourse.The analysis explains the structural constructions of the correspondences exploring how interactional relations between the participants are linguistically crafted.The analysis of the contract discourse is argued to contribute to econo-linguistics by examining how MDA and Game Theory can be integrated to construe/construct discourses about economics.The article concludes that metadiscourse resources enable the discourse of contracts to maintain a dialogic interactional language between the seller and the buyer.This interaction assimilates a game where the author and the reader(or players)exchange moves strategically to reach the target payoff.Thus,it can be argued that integrating MDA and Game Theory benefits econo-linguistics in highlighting hidden agendas and understanding interactive and interactional meanings in the discourse.
