First released in 2005, Ken Hyland's Metadiscourse has become a canonical account of how language is used in written communication. 'Metadiscourse' is defined a

This book addresses an important aspect of how language is used in written communication: the ways that writers reflect on their texts to refer to themselves, t

The pervasive phenomenon of metadiscourse – commentary on the ongoing discourse – is beginning to take its rightful place among the major topics of discours

In this book, a solid and emerging group of international researchers contributes to the theory of metadiscourse and to our understanding of the role metadiscou

The nature of interaction between authors and readers of written texts varies from language to language. This is particularly evident in specialized texts and t