Tse Po Ting. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-180). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Metadiscourse as Interactions in Academic Writing --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Interactions between writer and reader --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- "Relations between metadiscourse, interactions and social contexts" --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Overview of the Present Study --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Research questions --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2. --- General research approaches --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Significance of the Study --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.7 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Metadiscourse as Social Interactions --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Conceptions of Metadiscourse --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Approaches to Metadiscourse --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Identification of metadiscourse --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Classifications of metadiscourse --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- Recent Development of Metadiscourse Theory --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- The distinction between propositional content and metadiscourse --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- The interpersonal nature of metadiscourse --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- The distinction between internal and external relations --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Summary --- p.27 / Chapter 2.4 --- A Revised Model of Metadiscourse --- p.27 / Chapter 2.5 --- Major Investigations on Metadiscourse --- p.29 / Chapter 2.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Genre of Academic Book Reviews --- p.35 / Chapter 3.1 --- Book Reviewing in Academia --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2 --- Book Review as a Site for Disciplinary Engagement --- p.38 / Chapter 3.3 --- Studies on Academic Book Reviews --- p.40 / Chapter 3.4 --- Chapter Summary --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Gender in Social Interactions --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Distinction between Sex and Gender --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2 --- Language and the Social Construction of Gender --- p.48 / Chapter 4.3 --- Gender in Verbal Interactions --- p.50 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- General findings of gender-preferential differences --- p.50 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Interpretation of gender-preferential differences --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4 --- Gender in the Academic Context --- p.53 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Major investigations on gender in academic writing --- p.54 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Implications of the findings --- p.56 / Chapter 4.5 --- Chapter Summary --- p.57 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Formulation of Research Questions --- p.58 / Chapter 5.1 --- Summary and Implications of Previous Studies --- p.58 / Chapter 5.2 --- Research Questions --- p.60 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Theoretical & Methodological Considerations --- p.62 / Chapter 6.1 --- A Corpus-based Approach --- p.62 / Chapter 6.2 --- Data Collection & Organization --- p.64 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Selection of Disciplines --- p.65 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Collection of Textual Data for Corpus Compilation --- p.66 / Chapter 6.2.2.1 --- Selection of book reviews --- p.66 / Chapter 6.2.2.2 --- Collection and organization of texts --- p.68 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Collection of Interview Data --- p.70 / Chapter 6.3 --- Textual Analysis --- p.72 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Framework of Metadiscourse --- p.72 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Procedures of Investigations --- p.77 / Chapter 6.3.2.1 --- Concordancing --- p.77 / Chapter 6.3.2.2 --- Test for inter-coder reliability --- p.78 / Chapter 6.4 --- Organization and Interpretation of Data --- p.79 / Chapter 6.5 --- Pilot Study & Preliminary Critiques of Approach --- p.80 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Materials for Pilot Study --- p.80 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Evaluation and Revisions Made --- p.81 / Chapter 6.5.3 --- Other Decisions Made --- p.85 / Chapter 6.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.86 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Findings & Discussions --- p.87 / Chapter 7.1 --- An Overview of Metadiscourse in Academic Book Reviews --- p.87 / Chapter 7.2 --- The Use of Metadiscourse across Disciplines --- p.92 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Proportion of Interactional and Interactive Forms --- p.93 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Distribution of Sub-categories of Metadiscourse across Disciplines --- p.96 / Chapter 7.2.2.1 --- Interactive metadiscourse --- p.96 / Chapter 7.2.2.2 --- Interactional metadiscourse --- p.101 / Chapter 7.3 --- Gender in the Use of Academic Metadiscourse --- p.112 / Chapter 7.3.1 --- An Overview of Gender in the Use of Academic Metadiscourse --- p.112 / Chapter 7.3.2 --- Gender in the Use of Metadiscourse in Individual Disciplines --- p.117 / Chapter 7.3.2.1 --- Philosophy --- p.120 / Chapter 7.3.2.2 --- Sociology --- p.124 / Chapter 7.3.2.3 --- Biology --- p.128 / Chapter 7.4 --- Chapter Summary --- p.132 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusions --- p.134 / Chapter 8.1 --- A Brief Review of the Study --- p.134 / Chapter 8.2 --- Possible Answers to the Research Questions --- p.137 / Chapter 8.3 --- Implications of the Present Findings --- p.147 / Chapter 8.4 --- Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research --- p.149 / Chapter 8.5 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.153 / Appendices --- p.154 / References --- p.171

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