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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777720403321

Autore

Hyland Ken

Titolo

Metadiscourse [[electronic resource] ] : exploring interaction in writing / / Ken Hyland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2005

ISBN

1-282-30987-0

9786612309878

1-4411-5597-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Continuum discourse series

Disciplina

808.0014

Soggetti

Discourse analysis

Rhetoric

Written communication

Authorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-217) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Section 1: What is metadiscourse?; Section 2: Metadiscourse in practice; Section 3: Issues and implications; References; Appendix: Metadiscourse items investigated; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses an important aspect of how language is used in written communication: the ways that writers reflect on their texts to refer to themselves, their readers or the text itself. This is known as METADISCOURSE.Metadiscourse is a key resource in language, as it allows the writer to engage with readers in familiar and expected ways. Writers use the devices of metadiscourse to adjust the level of personality in their texts, to offer a representation of themselves and their arguments. This helps the reader organise, interpret and evaluate the information presented in the text. Metadi