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Author Ädel, Annelie

Title Metadiscourse in L1 and L2 English / Annelie Ädel
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 243 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in corpus linguistics, 1388-0373 ; v. 24
Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 24. 1388-0373
Contents Metadiscourse in L1 and L2 English; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. A model of metadiscourse; 3. Personal metadiscourse; 4. Impersonal metadiscourse; 5. The textual distribution of metadiscourse; 6. Possible causes of variation in metadiscourse use; 7. Theories of metadiscourse; 8. Conclusions; Appendix 1. Comparability of the corpora; Appendix 2. The control corpus and the norm; Appendix 3. Metadiscourse as non-propositional material?; Appendix 4. Meta-terminology; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index
Summary The pervasive phenomenon of metadiscourse - commentary on the ongoing discourse - is beginning to take its rightful place among the major topics of discourse studies. This book makes simultaneous contributions to the theory of metadiscourse, corpus-based methods of studying such phenomena, and our knowledge of metadiscourse use in written English. After comprehensively reviewing previous research, it introduces a more rigorous and empirical approach to metadiscourse studies. Ädel presents a new model of metadiscourse based on Jakobson's functions of language, and other conceptual tools, includ
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and indexes
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Subject English language -- Discourse analysis.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Reflexives.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
English language -- Discourse analysis
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Reflexives
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006045728
ISBN 9027222975
9789027222978
9789027293299
9027293295