Cross-cultural variation in the degree of dialogicality in research articles: On some text-organizing devices

POVOLNÁ, Renata. Cross-cultural variation in the degree of dialogicality in research articles: On some text-organizing devices. In Coherence and Cohesion in English Discourse. 1. vyd. Brno: Masaryk University, 2012, p. 29-58. Spisy Pedagogické fakulty MU, Svazek 158. ISBN 978-80-210-6126-2.

Basic information

• Original name: Cross-cultural variation in the degree of dialogicality in research articles: On some text-organizing devices
• Name in Czech: Mezikulturní variace ve stupni dialogičnosti v odborných článcích: O některých prostředcích organizace textu
• Authors: POVOLNÁ, Renata (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 1. vyd. Brno, Coherence and Cohesion in English Discourse, p. 29-58, 30 pp. Spisy Pedagogické fakulty MU, Svazek 158, 2012.
• Publisher: Masaryk University

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Field of Study: 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14410/12:00058451
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education
• ISBN: 978-80-210-6126-2
• Keywords (in Czech): mezikulturní variace; dialogičnost; koherence; koheze; prostředky organizace textu; akademický psaný diskurz; odborný článek; diskurzní ukazatele; konjunkty
• Keywords in English: cross-cultural variation; dialogicality; coherence; cohesion; text-organizing devices; academic written discourse; research article; discourse markers; conjuncts
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

This chapter aims to discover whether there is cross-cultural variation in the use of certain text-organizing devices (mostly labelled discourse markers) in academic texts since it is assumed that these text organizers, in particular some of their semantic classes, can enhance the interaction between the author(s) of the text and the prospective reader(s) and thus foster the dialogic character of academic written discourse. Accordingly, the analysis is based on two specialized corpora of research articles, one representing Anglo-American academic texts written by experienced native speakers of English and the other representing Central European academic texts produced by non-native speakers of English from one discourse community in Central Europe – the Czech Republic.

Links

• GA405/08/0866, research and development project: Name: Koherence a koheze v anglickém diskurzu

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Coherence and Cohesion in English Discourse