英语学术书评人际意义研究31-44.doc

. 页 exchange of message. In academic book review. they are extensively used to show the writers opinion from different perspectives. This group includes mood adjuncts and comment adjuncts. There are rich lexis resources to be employed among modal adjuncts such as yet, still, probably, surely, always: often, certainly, surely, gladly, readily, just, simply (mood adjuncts) and unfortunately, surprisingly, frankly, generally (comment adjuncts) In book review. Modal adjuncts can carry the temporality of the writers opinion (23)1ntuitively speaking, references by pronouns are allowed to antecedents in clauses which are still accessible to the addressee while processing the pronoun. (text15) In sentence (23), still emphasizes the time of the writers judgement to the reader. The point that the addressee can get references now is clearly transmitted to the reader. By providing the shared time between the writer and the reader, the writer constitutes a good exchange. When the writer is sure about his words, he may employ modal expressions to show the certainty. (24)The difference is undoubtedly the most important. as will be discussed below.(text19) (25)1 will certainly need more than a one-term course to get the best of it.(text 9) In the above sentences, the modal adjuncts are used to express the writers assertions when giving his personal opinion. The writer strengthens the power of his judgement as in sentence (24) and emphasizes the force of his desire of needing more than a one-term course as in sentence (25). Using u. ndou. bteaqv and certainly. the writer takes total responsibility for his personal judgement, maintains his authority and leaves the reader the commitments to the book reviewed without doubt Analysis shows that in book review modal adjuncts containing pity are used to save the face of the book writer (26) Unfortunately, the first illustration of her thesis is not a particularly convincing one(text23) (27) Unfortunately,the such extravagant c