本书共分8个章节，主要系统梳理各种元话语理论，并从对比修辞角度深入分析中国作者和英美作者使用学术篇章元话语的异同，力图揭示中国作者使用英语进行书面学术交流时所进入的误区及对策。该书可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

本书系统梳理各种元话语理论，尝试构建一个学术篇章元话语分析的理论框架，并从对比修辞角度深入分析中国作者和英美作者使用学术篇章元话语的异同，力图揭示中国作者使用英语进行书面学术交流时所进入的误区及对策。本书的读者对象主要为从事对比修辞研究、学术写作教学与研究、话语分析的研究人员、英语教师及英语专业硕士生和博士生。本书对广大科研工作者科研论文的撰写和投稿亦具有一定的借鉴价值。

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part One: What is metadiscourse?

Chapter 1 Metadiscourse: def'mitions

 1.1 Definitions revisited

 1.2 Defining metadiscourse in academic written communication

Chapter 2 Metadiscourse: functions and classifications

 2.1 Functions revisited

 2.2 Classifications revisited

Chapter 3 Debates and issues on metadiscourse

 3.1 Non-propositional metadiseourse?

 3.2 Metadiscourse with a different level of meaning?

 3.3 Metadiscourse across cultures

Part Two: Theories of metadiscourse

Chapter 4 Existing approaches to metadiscourse

 4.1 The rhetoric approach

 4.2 The functional approach

 4.3 The speech act approach

Chapter 5 Towards a multi-dimensional approach to metadiscourse in academic written communication

 5.1 Halliday's metafunctions of language : Metadiscourse and its interpersonal meanings

 5.2 Classical rhetoric's audience: Metadiscourse and writer's credibility

 5.3 Social constructionist audience: Metadiscourse, knowledge construction and writer's identity

 5.4 Face in social interaction: Metadiscourse and writer-reader relationship

 5.5 Important concepts of the multi-dimensional approach

 5.6 Metadiscourse in written academic communication

Chapter 6 Metadiscourse and contrastive rhetoric

 6.1 The neo-cuhural approach to contrastive rhetoric

 6.2 Metadiscourse and "small" cultures

Part Three: Metadiscourse in practice

Chapter 7 Metadiscourse in Chinese scholarly texts

 7.1 Professional academic writing, RA and metadiscourse

 7.2 Method

 7.3 Overall results

 7.4 Discussion

 7.5 Conclusion

Part Four: Implications and future study

Chapter 8 Metadiscourse in academic English education

 8.1 Implications of the multi-dimensional approach and the contrastive rhetoric study

 8.2 Advantages of teaching metadiscourse

Chapter 9 Future study

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C