Metadiscursive Nouns

A new concept "metadiscursive nouns" is proposed and elaborated as a good extension of metadiscourse Rhetorical roles of metadiscursive nouns in discourse is neatly mapped on to the interactive and interactional function of metadiscourse. A robust and viable categorisation of metadiscursive nouns warrants future empirical analysis on other genres. Pedagogical implications are adequately discussed so that the linguistic and rhetorical knowledge about metadiscursive nouns can serve well in language and literacy education.