Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Motivation of the study 1.2 Rationale of the study 1.3 Research questions 1.4 The speaker predication of metadiscourse 1.5 Methodology 1.6 Major content ofthe study Chapter 2 Literature Review 2.1 Metadiscourse in the literature 2.2 Metadiscourse recognized in the linguistic activity 2.3 Metadiscourse and its syntactic role 2.4 Metadiscourse of subjectivity 2.5 Metadiscourse in semantic analysis 2.6 Metadiscourse in evidentiality 2.7 Metadiscourse in the functionalist view 2.8 Metadiscourse in Crismore』S model 2.9 The Cognitive—pragmatic approach 2.10 Critique of the previous literature 2.11 Statement of the problems 2.12 Metadiscourse about the linguistic activity Chapter 3 Metadiscourse from the Cogno—Semiotic Perspective 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The interpersonal metadiscourse 3.3 Metadiscourse in the linguisti~activity 3.4 The metadiscourse in the speaker predication 3.5 The predication of linguistic activity 3.6 Higher-level semantic structure 3.7 Summary Chapter 4 The Speaker Predication 4.1 Metadiscourse as the meta—level of discourse 4.2 The speaker predication of metadiscourse 4.3 Cognition in the speaker predication 4.4 Summary Chapter 5 Previous Mental Space Theories 5.1 Cognitive perspective on metadiscourse 5.2 The local metadiscourse 5.3 Mental space theories 5.4 Fauconnier and Turner』S mental space 5.5 Brandt』S mental space blending model 5.6 Expressive activity in the semiotic space 5.7 The ethic script to the semiotic activity 5.8 Summary Chapter 6 Deictic I as Metadiscourse 6.1 The literature of linguistic activity 6.2 An issue of intersubjectivity 6.3 Sel f-mentional metadi scourse 6.4 The conscious speaker as default 6.5 The reflecting speaker at higher level 6.6 The interpreting speaker at higher level 6.7 The self-mentioning metadiscourse
6.8 Mental image of conscious activity 6.9 The speaker』s roles in mental structure 6.10 The conscious speaker at linguistic activity 6.11 The speaker at the hierarchical structure 6.12 Summary Chapter 7 The Semantic Cascade 7.1 Metadiscourse about linguistic activity 7.2 Semantic cascade 7.3 The semantic cascade of the linguistic activity 7.4 The semantic phase of the epi~temic activity 7.5 Mental structure of interaction 7.6 The binding of the speaker』S roles 7.7 Ethic value of the metadiscourse 7.8 Summary Chapter 8 The Typological Restrictions 8.1 Metadiscourse at higher-level reference 8.2 Metadiscourse of universality 8.3 The typological universality 8.4 Metadiscourse in the act of saying 8.5 Chinese metadiscourse 8.6 Predication of the speaker』S enunciation 8.7 Restriction of English metadiscourse 8.8 Enuniative activity in the mental structure 8.9 Interpretation in the mental structure 8.10 The ethic value relevant to speech 8.11 Summary Chapter 9 Categorizations of Metadiscourse 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Metadiscourse as signifier 9.3 Ethic script of the metadiscourse 9.4 Linguistic recourses as metadiscourse 9.5 The self-conscious speaker 9.6 Ethic value of helping of the metadiscourse 9.7 Difference in categorizing the metadiscourse 9.8 Categorization by Vande Kopple(1985) 9.9 Frequency of metadiscourse in lectures 9.10 Metadiscourse for scholarly discourse 9.11 Metadiscourse with personal preference 9.12 Summary Chapter 10 Metadiscourse in Scholarly Discourse l0.1 Introduction 10.2 Analytical procedure l0.3 As the reflective metadiscourse 10.4 Hyland』S categorization 10.5 Interactive metadiscourse l0.6 Interactional metadiscourse 10.7 Summary Chapter 11 Implication 11.1 Linguistic activity vs.inguistic system 11.2 Metadiscourse of the speaker predication
11.3 Metadiscourse as the higher level of discourse 11.4 Cognitive study of metadiscourse 11.5 Limitations of the study 11.6 Suggestions for further study Reference
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