书面语域中元话语标记语的功能和分布:以F-LOB为语料

A Study of Metadiscourse Markers in Written Registers Based on F-LOB

元话语研究亟待突破学术语篇这一研究范围。本文基于F-LOB语料库,对包括新闻语篇、通俗散文、学术语篇和小说在内的书面语域中元话语标记语的功能和分布进行研究。研究结果发现,书面语域中的元话语标记主要有3类:指言语事件要素、描述语篇行为和描述语篇环境;它们通过展示语篇和作者以及引导读者促进作者和读者的良好互动。书面语域中的元话语标记语主要用于展示语篇,而且信息密集型语域尤其需要元话语标记语来协助理解和降低阅读难度。

It is urgent for the scope of metadiscourse studies to be extended beyond the area of academic texts. This paper uses F-LOB to study metadiscourse markers in a wide range of written registers,including press,general prose,academic prose and fiction.It reveals that there are mainly three types of metadiscourse markers in written texts： text participants,describing text actions and describing text circumstances. They facilitate the communication between the writer and reader through presenting the text and writer as well as guiding the reader. Metadiscourse markers in written texts are mostly used to present the text,and the more informational and abstract registers are,the more metadiscourse markers are needed to make the text reader-friendly.