英语标点元话语的功能探析

The Study of the Function of English Punctuation Metadiscourse

标点元话语,指的是标点、括号和下划线等体现元话语特征的标记。文章首先对标点元话语功能探析的重要性加以阐述,然后分别阐释各标点如何实现其元话语功能,认为标点元话语作为元话语的一部分,在人们书面语交际中,功不可没。

Punctuation metadiscourse is markers of reflecting metadiscourse＇ s character, including punctuation, parentheses, underline, etc. First of all, based on the previous studies, the present study expounded the significance of the function of punctuation metadiscourse, and then explored each punctuation how to achieve its metadiscourse function; at last, the result is that punctuation metadiscourse is of great importance as part of metadiscourse in our daily communication, especially in writing.