Metadiscourse refers to aspects of a text which explicitly organise the discourse, engage the audience and signal the writer's attitude. Its use by writers to guide readers and display an appropriate professional persona is an important aspect of persuasive writing. Its role in establishing and maintaining contact between the writer and the reader and between the writer and the message also makes it a central pragmatic concept. Based on a textual analysis of 28 research articles in four academic disciplines, this paper seeks to show how the appropriate use of metadiscourse crucially depends on rhetorical context. The study identifies a taxonomy of metadiscourse functions and suggests that metadiscourse reflects one way in which context and ...
The paper moves from a broad notion of metadiscourse, focusing on ‘locational metatext’ comprising “...
Published academic writing often seems to be an unchanging form of discourse with its frozen informa...
In today’s academic arena, the research article is one of the extensively accomplished communicative...
Metadiscourse is self-reflective linguistic material referring to the evolving text and to the write...
Metadiscourse is the commentary on a text made by its producer in the course of speaking or writing,...
The present review article examines a selection of recent academic discourse concerning metadiscours...
Metadiscourse is self-reflective linguistic expressions referring to the evolving text, to the write...
This paper explores the possible role of university textbooks in students' acquisition of a speciali...
Metadiscourse in the argument presented here is based on a view of communication as social engagemen...
The chapter studies metadiscursive practices in academic writing with a view to a definition of how ...
A generic analysis of research articles can cover a wide variety of issuesamong them are rhetorical ...
Metadiscourse is the commentary on a text made by its producer in the course of speaking or writing....
When writing up research, academic authors step into texts to organise discourse flow, offer readers...
Metadiscourse is a new and interesting field of inquiry which is believed to play a vital role in or...
Metadiscourse has received considerable attention in recent years as a way of understanding the rhet...
The paper moves from a broad notion of metadiscourse, focusing on ‘locational metatext’ comprising “...
Published academic writing often seems to be an unchanging form of discourse with its frozen informa...
In today’s academic arena, the research article is one of the extensively accomplished communicative...
Metadiscourse is self-reflective linguistic material referring to the evolving text and to the write...
Metadiscourse is the commentary on a text made by its producer in the course of speaking or writing,...
The present review article examines a selection of recent academic discourse concerning metadiscours...
Metadiscourse is self-reflective linguistic expressions referring to the evolving text, to the write...
This paper explores the possible role of university textbooks in students' acquisition of a speciali...
Metadiscourse in the argument presented here is based on a view of communication as social engagemen...
The chapter studies metadiscursive practices in academic writing with a view to a definition of how ...
A generic analysis of research articles can cover a wide variety of issuesamong them are rhetorical ...
Metadiscourse is the commentary on a text made by its producer in the course of speaking or writing....
When writing up research, academic authors step into texts to organise discourse flow, offer readers...
Metadiscourse is a new and interesting field of inquiry which is believed to play a vital role in or...
Metadiscourse has received considerable attention in recent years as a way of understanding the rhet...
The paper moves from a broad notion of metadiscourse, focusing on ‘locational metatext’ comprising “...
Published academic writing often seems to be an unchanging form of discourse with its frozen informa...
In today’s academic arena, the research article is one of the extensively accomplished communicative...