Cross-cultural analysis of conference abstracts

J 2016

Cross-cultural analysis of conference abstracts

POVOLNÁ, Renata

Základní údaje

Originální název

Cross-cultural analysis of conference abstracts

Název česky

Mezikulturní analýza konferenčních abstrakt

Autoři

POVOLNÁ, Renata (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Discourse and Interaction, Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 1802-9930

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14410/16:00092811

Organizační jednotka

Pedagogická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/DI2016-1-29

Klíčová slova česky

konfereční abstrakta; mezikulturní variace; rodilí a nerodilí mluvčí angličtiny; rétorická struktura; rétorický krok; textová organizace

Klíčová slova anglicky

conference abstracts; cross-cultural variation; native and non-native speakers of English; rhetorical structure; rhetorical moves; textual organization

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 8. 1. 2019 08:32, Dana Nesnídalová

Anotace

V originále

Writing an abstract in English, including an abstract for a conference presentation, has become an essential skill for all scholars who intend to present their research to an international academic audience. Now that English has become the dominant language of all academic and research communication, scholars from different language and cultural backgrounds have to master the writing of this research-progress genre (Swales 1990) since otherwise they may risk being refused participation at conferences and publication of their research findings in conference proceedings. The paper analyses the rhetorical structure of 80 conference abstracts with the aim of ascertaining whether there is any cross-cultural variation between abstracts written by Anglophone writers and non-native speakers of English. The latter are represented by researchers from the Czech Republic and some other countries where Slavonic languages are spoken, namely Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine. In addition, the rhetorical organization of the conference abstracts analysed is compared to that usually associated with research article (RA) abstracts. The findings of this corpus-based genre analysis reveal cross-cultural differences in the rhetorical organization of conference abstracts (CAs) and provide evidence that CAs and RA abstracts differ with regard to both number and types of moves. The study also provides recommendations for future conference calls and novice writers who intend to publish in English as an additional language.

Citovat

POVOLNÁ, Renata. Cross-cultural analysis of conference abstracts. Discourse and Interaction. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, Vol. 9, No. 1, s. 29-48. ISSN 1802-9930. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/DI2016-1-29.

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POVOLNÁ, Renata. Cross-cultural analysis of conference abstracts. \textit{Discourse and Interaction}. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, Vol. 9, No. 1, s.~29-48. ISSN~1802-9930. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/DI2016-1-29.

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