国内元话语研究的可视化分析(1997—2018)

Visualization Analysis of Metadiscourse Study in China(1997—2018)

本研究利用CiteSpace软件,以CNKI数据库1997—2018年间以"元话语"或"metadiscourse"为主题或关键词的论文为语料,采用定量与定性相结合的方法,分析国内元话语的研究发展趋势及研究热点。研究发现:自元话语被引入国内后,从2001年起,国内研究者对它的关注度逐渐升高,近几年相关研究显著增多且呈现稳定的态势。本文阐述了国内相关研究的三个特点:侧重研究元话语的人际互动功能;关注语篇研究;重视差异研究。研究结果显示,国内元话语研究的热点主要包括互动元话语、语篇、现代性、话语权、分类和功能性语言。

Taking research articles related to metadiscourse and from 1997 to 2018 as the research corpus,this study employs CiteSpace software to survey the development trend and hot topics of metadiscourse research in China by adopting a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods.It finds that the attention level of domestic researchers on metadiscourse has been gradually increasing since 2001.The number of related studies has been increasing significantly in recent years and maintains a stable status.What’s more,this article elaborates three characteristics of metadiscourse research in China:first,it stresses the research of interpersonal function of metadiscourse;second,it focuses on the research of discourse;third,it pays more emphasis on difference research.The results of this study show that the hot topics of metadiscourse research from 1997 to 2018 mainly involved interactional metadiscourse,discourse,modernization,discourse power,classification and functional language.