Metadiscourse in L1 and L2 English

by Annelie Adel

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027222975
• ISBN13: 9789027222978
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 9.7"