A Research Review of Metadiscourse from a Multidimensional Perspective
Metadiscourse is the critical discourse of the author or speaker on the text during the writing or di-alogue process.It is an effective tool for organizing the discourse,clarifying the author or speaker's intentions,and achieving interaction between the author and the reader or the speaker and the receiver.It plays an important role in the process of knowledge dissemination.This article takes the definition,classification,and research per-spective of metadiscourse as different dimensions to review the achievements of metadiscourse research,explore shortcomings,and briefly predict future research development trends with the purpose of providing useful refer-ences and enlightenment for metadiscourse and academic discourse research.