Publications

Publication details [#56809]

Fu, Xiaoli. 2012. The use of interactional metadiscourse in job postings. Discourse Studies 14 (4) : 399–417.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

addressee | internet | job interview | markedness | metacommunication

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Besides a frequent use of stance and engagement markers in job postings' interactional metadiscourse, differences exist as to whether the addressees are college students or not, and a distinction is made between macro- and micro-interactional metadiscourse.