Tracking Interaction in Chinese Scholars' Academic Writing: Through the Lens of Metadiscourse

This book tracks changes in the use of metadiscourse in Chinese scholars’ English and Chinese research articles, discusses how these changes reflect changes in Chinese scholars’ interactions with their peers in China and outside China, and analyzes how Chinese scholars are responding to changes in the academic context that embrace and shape rhetorical practices in the academic world.

Around the turn of the twenty-first century, the Chinese government declared the goal of “enhancing interna...