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本文是一篇英语语言学论文，本文的研究目的为挖掘文集中的多种元话语具有哪些译学特征，以及元话语的翻译达到语用等效的方法和造成语用失效的原因。

Chapter One Introduction

1.1 Background of the Research

Metadiscourse mainly refers to various linguistic markers used to guide readersto read texts,helping readers to understand the position of the author(Hyland,2005:18).In the beginning,the term metadiscourse was first proposed by Zellig Harris,afamous American linguist in the 1950s,and gradually received attention in the 1970s.At that time many linguists such as Avon Crismore,Ken Hyland have carried out theresearch on it,making metadiscourse one of the important topics in the field ofdiscourse analysis.Metadiscourse reflects the extent to which the author and thereader jointly build the text,and reflects the author’s control over the rhythm of thearticle,also the feedback that the reader may make.Different scholars also putforward different views on the specific classification of metadiscourse.Among them,the thesis mainly adopts Hyland’s classification method.Hyland divides(2005:49)metadiscourse into two categories:interactive metadiscourse and interactionalmetadiscourse,which contains five metadiscourse markers respectively:interactivemetadiscourse:transitions,frame markers,endophoric markers,evidentials,codeglosses;interactional metadiscourse:hedges,boosters,attitude markers,self mentions,engagement markers.It is these markers that guide recipients to perceive texts.Theycan be used to establish connection and facilitate communication between authors and readers.Meanwhile,metadiscourse is also a means for readers to understand the intentof the text and become familiar with the communicative context.

1.2 Research Questions

Taking the pragmatic translation as the main theoretical framework,the thesisputs forward the following three specific research questions on the method ofachieving pragmatic equivalence in metadiscourse translation:

1.How many types of metadiscourses are there in the original work and itsEnglish translation?

2.What are the characteristics of translating metadiscourse?

3.To what degree might the metadiscourse translation have achieved pragmaticequivalence?

4.What is the translator’s motivation of reproducing pragmatic equivalence inmetadiscourse translation?

Chapter Two Literature Review

2.1 Studies on Metadiscourse Analysis Theory abroad

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