Persuasion in academic discourse: Cross-cultural variation in
Anglophone and Czech academic book reviews

C 2018

Persuasion in academic discourse: Cross-cultural variation in Anglophone and Czech academic book reviews

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga

Basic information

Original name

Persuasion in academic discourse: Cross-cultural variation in Anglophone and Czech academic book reviews

Authors

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga (100 Bulgaria, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, Persuasion in Public Discourse: Cognitive and Functional Perspectives, p. 227-257, 31 pp. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, vol.79, 2018

Publisher

John Benjamins

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/18:00101172

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

ISBN

978-90-272-0138-6

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.79.11don

Keywords in English

persuasion; academic discourse; genre; book reviews; cross-cultural variation; evaluative acts; citations; personal pronouns; rhetorical moves

Abstract

V originále

This chapter studies persuasion in academic book reviews from a cross-cultural perspective. After discussing the rhetorical structure of book reviews, the study explores the strategic means used by the authors of reviews to represent themselves as expert members of the disciplinary community, show authorial involvement, and open a dialogic space for the negotiation of their opinions and views. The analysis of citation practices, personal structures, and evaluation acts is carried out on a corpus of book reviews published in the linguistics journals Journal of English for Academic Purposes and Slovo a Slovesnost. The findings indicate that while both Anglophone and Czech linguists exploit these linguistic means for persuasive purposes, there is cross-cultural variation in their rate of occurrence and rhetorical functions.

Links

GA17-16195S, research and development project

Name: Persvaze v anglickém a českém specializovaném diskurzu

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga. Persuasion in academic discourse: Cross-cultural variation in Anglophone and Czech academic book reviews. In Jana Pelclová and Wei-lun Lu. Persuasion in Public Discourse: Cognitive and Functional Perspectives. 1st ed. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2018, p. 227-257. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, vol.79. ISBN 978-90-272-0138-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.79.11don.

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DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga. Persuasion in academic discourse: Cross-cultural variation in Anglophone and Czech academic book reviews. In Jana Pelclová and Wei-lun Lu. \textit{Persuasion in Public Discourse: Cognitive and Functional Perspectives}. 1st ed. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2018, p.~227-257. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, vol.79. ISBN~978-90-272-0138-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.79.11don.

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