本书讨论了元话语中的主要成分，梳理了其中的概念，并提出新的分类。指出了元话语对于我们理解交际、研究学术专业写作的重要性，阐述了元话语与修辞、语类、文化和话语社区的关系，说明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。

本书清晰地界定了元话语这一概念，通过分析商务写作、新闻报道、学术写作和学生论文等文本，提出了一个元话语模式，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、研究学术写作和写作教学的重要性，并系统阐述了元话语与修辞、语类、文化和话语社区的关系。

本书系出自元话语研究领域的专家Ken Hyland之手，例证翔实，深入浅出，书中叙述的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。

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 ofmetadiscourse

      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

      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 metadisconrse in textbooks

           across disciplines

      7.8 Interactive metadiscourse in textbooks across

           disciplines

      7.9 Summary and conclusions

         Section 3: Issues and implications

Chapter 8   Metadisconrse in the classroom

      8.i 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

Author Index