元话语作为一种重要的话语现象，在话语研究中得到许多学者的关注。本书清晰地界定了元话语的概念，并以崭新视角审视了语篇生产者和语篇之间、语篇生产者和受众之间的关系，指出元话语对我们理解交际、研究学术写作的重要性，系统阐述了元话语与修辞、语类、文化和话语社区的关系，指出元话语概念对于写作教学的意义。书中叙述的元话语概念以及元话语方面的研究对语篇分析很有参考价值， 对于教师和学生认识和了解元话语也有很大帮助。
适读人群 ：学生,教师
“当代国外语言学与应用语言学文库”（升级版）是主要面向高校英语专业高年级本科生、研究生及英语教师的一套大型、开放的系列丛书。本升级版或保留原有经典图书品种，或继之以经典图书的新版，或引进国外语言学与应用语言学领域的新锐力作以进一步拓展学科领域，希望它能继续对我国语言学教学与研究和外语教学与研究起到积极的推动作用。
《元话语》是“当代国外语言学与应用语言学文库”（升级版）中的一本，书中例证翔实，语言深入浅出，系统阐释了元话语与语篇、文化、修辞的关系，叙述了元话语概念对语篇分析和写作教学很有借鉴意义，对从事应用语言学研究的高校师生和学者具有重要参考价值。
肯·海兰（Ken Hyland）：英国东英吉利大学教育应用语言学教授，香港大学应用英语研究中心名誉教授兼应用语言学系主任，主要研究方向为应用语言学及教师教育。
Contents
Acknowledgements xviii
Preface xix
Section 1: What is metadiscourse? 1
Chapter 1 First impressions 3
1.1 A brief overview of metadiscourse 3
1.2 A context of emergence: information and interaction 6
1.3 Metadiscourse and audience awareness 9
1.4 Metadiscourse, interaction and audience 11
1.5 Summary and conclusion 14
Chapter 2 Definitions, issues and classifications 16
2.1 Definitions of metadiscourse 16
2.2 Propositional and metadiscourse meanings 18
2.3 'Levels of meaning' 21
2.4 Functional analyses 24
2.5 'Textual' and 'interpersonal' functions 26
2.6 Metadiscourse signals 27
2.7 Categorizations of metadiscourse 32
2.8 Summary and conclusions 35
Chapter 3 A metadiscourse model 37
3.1 Key principles of metadiscourse 37
3.2 A classification of metadiscourse 48
3.3 Metadiscourse resources 50
3.4 An illustration: metadiscourse in postgraduate writing 54
3.5 The limits of description 58
3.6 Summary and conclusions 59
Section 2: Metadiscourse in practice 61
Chapter 4 Metadiscourse and rhetoric 63
4.1 The concept of rhetoric 63
4.2 Academic discourse and rhetoric 65
4.3 Metadiscourse, ethos and The Origin of Species 67
4.4 Business discourse and metadiscourse 71
4.5 Metadiscourse and rhetoric in company annual reports 73
4.6 Summary and conclusions 85
Chapter 5 Metadiscourse and genre 87
5.1 The concept of genre 87
5.2 Metadiscourse and genre 88
5.3 Metadiscourse in academic research articles 89
5.4 Metadiscourse in popular science articles 93
5.5 Metadiscourse in introductory textbooks 101
5.6 Summary and conclusions 111
Chapter 6 Metadiscourse and culture 113
6.1 Culture and language 113
6.2 Metadiscourse across languages 116
6.3 Metadiscourse and writing in English 124
6.4 Interactive metadiscourse in English 124
6.5 Interactional metadiscourse in English 128
6.6 Summary and conclusions 136
Chapter 7 Metadiscourse and community 138
7.1 The concept of community 138
7.2 Community, academic writing and metadiscourse 141
7.3 Metadiscourse variation in articles across disciplines 143
7.4 Interactional metadiscourse in articles across disciplines 144
7.5 Interactive metadiscourse in articles across disciplines 156
7.6 Metadiscourse variation in textbooks across disciplines 161
7.7 Interactional metadiscourse in textbooks across disciplines 163
7.8 Interactive metadiscourse in textbooks across disciplines 166
7.9 Summary and conclusions 170
Section 3: Issues and implications 173
Chapter 8 Metadiscourse in the classroom 175
8.1 Students, writing and audience awareness 175
8.2 Advantages of teaching metadiscourse features 178
8.3 Some teaching principles 181
8.4 Some teaching strategies 185
8.5 Summary and conclusions 192
Chapter 9 Issues and directions 194
9.1 Metadiscourse and the socially situated writer 194
9.2 Metadiscourse and interpersonal engagement 195
9.3 Metadiscourse and discourse variation 196
9.4 Metadiscourse and classroom practice 197
9.5 Methodological issues 198
9.6 Some implications and remaining issues 199
9.7 Further research 200
References 204
Appendix: Metadiscourse items investigated 218
Subject Index 225
Author Index 228
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