Uses of Metadiscourse in Online Help

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-08-11 DOI:10.1177/07410883221109241

J. Swarts

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Abstract

Metadiscourse guides how readers interact with a text and process the information they find. Because texts differ in purpose and audience, so do patterns of metadiscourse use. This research examines the patterns of metadiscourse use in topic-based writing, developed following a structured authoring method. The resulting writing is modular, nonhierarchical, and nonlinear, which creates user experience issues related to attention as well as information selection, ordering, processing, and navigation. The patterns of language use in topic-based writing reveal how metadiscourse might help readers address these reader experience issues.

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联机帮助中元话语的使用

元话语指导读者如何与文本互动并处理他们找到的信息。由于文本的目的和受众不同，元话语的使用模式也不同。本研究考察了基于主题的写作中元话语的使用模式，这些模式是根据结构化的写作方法开发的。最终的写作是模块化的、非分层的和非线性的，这会造成与注意力以及信息选择、排序、处理和导航相关的用户体验问题。主题写作中的语言使用模式揭示了元话语如何帮助读者解决这些读者体验问题。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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