Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Disciplinary cultures, texts and interactions
2. Academic attribution: interaction through citation
3. Praise and criticism: interactions in book reviews
4. Speaking as an insider: promotion and credibility in abstracts
5. Priority and prudence: the scientific letter
6. Constructing an expert identity: interactions in textbooks
7. Researching and teaching academic writing
8. Power, authority and discourse change
Endwords
Appendix 1: Corpora
Appendix 2: Items expressing doubt and certainty investigated
Appendix 3: Metadiscourse items investigated
References
Subject Index
Author Index