Metadiscourse is an umbrella term to refer to all language forms that realize the interaction between writer and reader,writer and texts, and reader and texts. However, since its birth, different definitions have been...Metadiscourse is an umbrella term to refer to all language forms that realize the interaction between writer and reader,writer and texts, and reader and texts. However, since its birth, different definitions have been proposed for this term. By analyzingvarious definitions, a clearer picture is presented of the nature of metadiscourse, which still calls further clarification though.展开更多
文摘Metadiscourse is an umbrella term to refer to all language forms that realize the interaction between writer and reader,writer and texts, and reader and texts. However, since its birth, different definitions have been proposed for this term. By analyzingvarious definitions, a clearer picture is presented of the nature of metadiscourse, which still calls further clarification though.