A Review of Research on Authorial Stance in Academic Discourse

Abstract

The past decades have witnessed a mounting research attention on the authorial stance in academic discourse. Examining the use of stance features has become a key focus to explore the interactive and persuasive nature of academic writing. This review article aims to sort out the research development of authorial stance to figure out the important factors in stance making, which has some academic reference value for future research on how EFL writers project themselves in academic writing.