本书的目的是从语言的人际功能视角考察学术论文人际意义的构建与表述方式，这一目的决定了本书在理论和应用上的双重动机。在理论上，试图建构话语层面的人际意义模式，将系统功能语言学框架中的人际意义成分调整为同一层面上的三个相互交叉的语义成分，即认识性(epistemic)、评价性(evaluative)和磋商性(negotiative)。这三个语义成分分别由不同的语言手段实现，它们共同描述词汇与语法手段的语义功能。在应用上，试图将构建的三要素人际意义模式应用于学术论文的实际语料分析之中。书中的语料由应用语言学和文学批评两个领域的学术论文组成，所分析的80篇学术论文选自以上领域的10种权威性学术期刊，语料的总字数约为55万字。在构建的人际意义模式下，具体分析了模糊限制语(hedging)、人称(person)、评价词汇(evaIuative lexis)和引用(citation)等四种语言资源在学术论文中的多重人际意义。这四种人际语言资源通过四个章节分别进行了深入的分析，同时，它们之间在语义功能和实现手段等方面又存在着不同程度上的交叉。

序

前言

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 Background to the Study

 1.2 A Brief Survey of Interpersonal Meaning

 1.3 Research Design

 1.4 Organization of the Book

Chapter 2 Towards a Functional Model of Interpersonal Meaning

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 An Overview of Interpersonal Models

 2.3 A Three-Component Model of Interpersonal Meaning 

 2.4 Summary

Chapter 3 Modeling Interpersonal Features of Academic Discourse

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 What Is Academic Discourse?

 3.3 Different Approaches to Academic Discourse

 3.4 A Description of Interpersonal Features of Academic Discourse

 3.5 Four Linguistic Devices to be Analyzed

 3.6 Summary

Chapter 4 Hedging

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 The Notion of Modality

 4.3 The Concept of Hedging

 4.4 Weighing the Claims in the Truth-Seeking Talk

 4.5 Mitigating Claims by Limiting Personal Commitment

 4.6 Gaining Reader Ratification for Claims

 4.7 Summary

Chapter 5 Person

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 The Notion of Person

 5.3 The Classifications and Functions of Varied We in RAs

 5.4 The Epistemic Meanings of I in RAs

 5.5 Uses of You Soliciting Reader Solidarity in RAs

 5.6 Tackling a Research Article from the Data

 5.7 The I/We Perspective of Knowledge Presentation in RAs

 5.8 Summary

Chapter 6 Evaluative Lexis

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Approaches to the Definition of Evaluation

 6.3 Evaluation from a Linguistic Perspective

 6.4 Evaluation in RAs: Explicit Attitude versus Objectivity

 6.5 Dominant Choices in Expressing Explicit Attitude in RAs

 6.6 Dominant Choices in Grading Explicit Attitude in RAs 

 6.7 Summary

Chapter 7 Citation

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 The Notion of Reported Speech

 7.3 The Conception of Citation in Evaluation

 7.4 The Classifications of Reporting Verbs

 7.5 Reporting Verbs Signaling Evaluation in RAs

 7.6 Evaluative Functions of Reporting Verbs in RAs

 7.7 The Complexity of Evaluation in the Citations of RAs

 7.8 Summary

Chapter 8 Conclusions

 8.1 A Summarizing Overview

 8.2 Some Pedagogical Implications

 8.3 Suggestions for Further Studies

Appendix I The Corpus of Applied Linguistics

Appendix II The Corpus of Literary Criticism

Bibliography

List of Figures

List of Tables

Abbreviations

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