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The term is metadiscourse, or communication about the communication. Sometimes they help guide the reader through a complex line of reasoning. Sometimes they add emphasis or rhythm. Sometimes they'...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T03:05:54Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Dale Hartley Emery
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2019-12-08T03:05:54Z (almost 5 years ago)
The term is _metadiscourse,_ or _communication about the communication._ Sometimes they help guide the reader through a complex line of reasoning. Sometimes they add emphasis or rhythm. Sometimes they're just noise. "Use them liberally" (from your other post) seems like coarse advice, perhaps useful until students can distinguish for themselves whether the text requires such orientation, or until they can write the text so that less orientation is necessary.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2013-09-22T05:06:54Z (about 11 years ago)
Original score: 4