01783nas a2200193   4500008004100000245006900041210006500110260000900175300001200184490000700196520115800203653003501361653001901396653001701415653001601432653001801448100002801466856009501494       2005                        eng d00aThe Use of Metadiscourse in Introductory Sections of a New Genre0 aUse of Metadiscourse in Introductory Sections of a New Genre  c2005  a71–860 v153 aThis article examines the use of metadiscourse in introductory sections of the new (emerging) genre of environmental reports. This is contrasted with the chairman's statement in the established genre of corporate annual reports. The texts in both corpora were issued by British companies. Four categories of metadiscourse are analysed, using terminology from Mauranen (1993). The study indicates that metadiscourse may play a significant role in new genres. The study concludes that writers of the emerging genre of corporate environmental reports use metadiscourse to guide the readers. It also shows that the use of metadiscourse may have distinctly different functions in emerging genres compared to established ones. The categories action markers and previews (local and global) are particularly useful in the comparison of the textual practices of established and emerging genres. Whereas the use of previews in the new genre informs and directs the readers as to the aims and global functions of the documents, in established genres this category may mark a deviation from what the writer sees as the conventional rhetorical (Move–Step) pattern.10acorporate environmental report10aemerging genre10aintroduction10alinguistics10ametadiscourse1 aSkulstad, Aud Solbjørd  uhttps://genreacrossborders.org/pt/biblio/use-metadiscourse-introductory-sections-new-genre