A Rhetorical Analysis of Shu Pu: Exploring Interpersonal Metadiscourse as a Dimension of Ethos

• 作者: LIN Li
• 来源期刊: 文学与艺术研究:英文版
• 学科: 教育
• 关键词: interpersonal metadiscourse ETHOS persuasive texts
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（11）
• 页码范围: 1043-1050
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: G62

摘要

This paper examines how Sun Guoting employs interpersonal metadiscourse to realize the credible appeal in his treatise Shu Pu.The findings of the research indicate the credible appeal aided by this metadiscourse helps illuminate the rhetorical success of Shu Pu.Certainty markers as well as attitude markers prevail,which contribute to the ethos of a determined,upright and passionate calligraphy critic,scholar and supervisor.Meanwhile,hedges,commentaries and attributors of interpersonal metadiscourse also carry credible meanings for Sun’s readers,though used less frequently.