声明
Acknowledgments
摘要
Abstract
Contents
1.Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Research objectives and significance
1.2.1 Researeh objectives
1.2.2 Research significance
1.3 Thesis layout
2.Literature Review
2.1 Definition of metadiscourse
2.2 Different classifications of metadiscourse
2.3 Previous metadiscourse studies
2.3.1 Previous metadiscourse studies abroad
2.3.2 Previous metadiscourse studies at home
2.4 Previous studies on abstracts
2.4.1 Abstracts studies abroad
2.4.2 Abstracts studies at home
3.Theoretical Framework
3.1 Key principles of metadiscourse
3.2 Hyland’s interpersonal model of metadiscourse
4.Research Design
4.1 Research questions
4.2 Data and data collection
4.3 Research methods and procedures
4.3.1 Research methods
4.3.2 Research procedures
5.Results and Discussion
5.1 Comparison of metadiscourse use between the two corpora
5.1.1 Overall comparison of metadiscourse between NS corpus and NNS corpus
5.1.2 Comparison of ranked metadiseourse categories in NS and NNS corpus
5.1.3 Comparison of each metadiscourse sub-category between NS corpus and NNS corpus
5.2 Textual analysis of each metadiscourse category
5.2.1 Interactive metadiscourse
5.2.2 Interactional metadiscourse
6.Conclusion
6.1 Major findings of the study
6.2 Pedagogical implications
6.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research
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