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MetadiscourseKen Hyland
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Metadiscourse

240 pagesFirst published 20053 editions
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"First released in 2005, Ken Hyland's Metadiscourse has become a canonical account of how language is used in written communication. 'Metadiscourse' is defined as the ways that writers reflect on their texts to refer to themselves, their readers or the text itself. It is a key resource in language as it allows the writer to engage with readers in familiar and expected ways and as such it is an important tool for students of academic writing in both the L1 and L2 context. This book achieves for main goals: - to provide an accessible introduction to metadiscourse, discussing its role and…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
PaperbackBloomsbury Academic20182969781350063587
PaperbackContinuum International Publishing Group20062409780826476111
HardcoverContinuum International Publishing Group20052309780826476104
Written communicationDiscourse analysisRhetoricAuthorshipComposition (Language arts)WritingPragmaticsReading