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1、基于语料库的国际商务会议中的元话语研究----商务英语论文-->CHAPTERONEINTRODUCTION1.1ResearchOrientationThispaperaimstoexplorehounicateulticulturalbusinessmeetingsetadiscourse.Tobemorespecific,itattemptsto(1)examinetheusageofdifferenttypesofmetadiscoursaldevices(hereafterMDs)bynativespeakers(
2、hereafterNSs)andnon-nativespeakers(hereafterNNSs)inbusinessmeetings.(2)providearhetoricalaccountfortheobservedpatterns,andexplorethepossiblefactorscausingdifferencesbetentalyetintriguinginmunication.Althoughithasbeenovershadoportanceofitismuchinevidencenoultifuncti
3、oninpersuadingothers,conveyinginformationandmanagingtheinteractions(seereftosection2.1.2)inthemunicationbetportancehasalsobeenreflectedinthatithasbeendifferentresearchangles.Asaresult,thedefinitionsandclassificationsofmetadiscourseareextremelydiverseand,tosomeexten
4、t,confusing.Thetermsthatareoverlappingetadiscourseinsomedegreeincludemetatalk(Schiffrin,1980),meta-text(Mauranen,1993),anddiscoursereflectivity(Mauranen,2010).Inthisthesis,metadiscorusesinceit’smorethanpopularandalso,anumbrellaterm.Metadiscoursemanifestsitselfviaag
5、reatvarietyofmeans,includingtransitions(butandso),modalverbs(should,must)andadjectivesimplyingattitude(fortunate).Hyland(2004,2005)hasalreadyfoundthattheobservedpatternsofMDshavecloselinksakesitaperfectanalyticaltoolininterculturalbusinessmunication.Consideringthat
6、previousstudyhasmainlyfocusedonitsimportanceinacademicmunication,butitisbelievedthatitunicationininternationalbusinessmeetings.Sofar,alargebulkofstudieshavefocusedonhounicateinbusinessmeetings,anindispensableroutineactivityofdoingbusiness,includinggenreanalysesofth
7、eirstructureandproceduralcharacteristics(Bargiela-ChiappiniHarris,1997;Koester,2006),conversationalacplishmentoftasks(Boden,1994;Firth,1995;Poncini,2004;SarangiRoberts,1999),therealizationofpoeetings(HolmesStubbe,2003)andspeakerstyles(Rogerson-Revell,1999-->).Altho
8、ughpersuasionisfairlyessentialinalmosteverypieceofinformationinbusinessmeetings,feeetingsfromtheperspectiveofrhetoric.Thebasicfeaturesharedbydisc
