Metadiscourse in Academic Speech
Author | : Marta Aguilar |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 303911509X |
ISBN-13 | : 9783039115099 |
Rating | : 4/5 (099 Downloads) |
Download or read book Metadiscourse in Academic Speech written by Marta Aguilar and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title studies spoken metadiscourse in two academic genres in the engineering field, the lecture and the peer seminar. It examines what motivates metadiscourse and how engineering academics resort to different types of metadiscourse when they address different audiences.