Intercultural variation in academic discourse: Theme zones and
the build-up of coherence in research articles

J 2019

Intercultural variation in academic discourse: Theme zones and the build-up of coherence in research articles

HŮLKOVÁ, Irena; Olga DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ; Renata JANČAŘÍKOVÁ a Josef SCHMIED

Základní údaje

Originální název

Intercultural variation in academic discourse: Theme zones and the build-up of coherence in research articles

Autoři

HŮLKOVÁ, Irena; Olga DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ; Renata JANČAŘÍKOVÁ a Josef SCHMIED

Vydání

Topics in Linguistics, Nitra, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Arts, 2019, 1337-7590

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Stát vydavatele

Slovensko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14410/19:00112142

Organizační jednotka

Pedagogická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Theme zone; thematization; thematic progression; topical/textual/interpersonal Theme; intercultural variation; research article; coherence

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 2. 2. 2021 18:44, Mgr. Irena Hůlková, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This paper explores the form and function of the initial part of a sentence, the "Theme zone" (Hannay, 1994; Fetzer, 2008), in the genre of research articles, with a threefold purpose. First, it deals with a comparative analysis of Theme zone patterns (i.e. employment of simple and multiple Themes - the latter being several different configurations of topical, interpersonal and textual Themes) in a corpus of research articles written by English authors and Czech EAL writers. The aim is to determine to what extent these writers differ in thematization and trace possible reasons for the differences. Second, the study offers an intercultural comparison of the realizations of topical, interpersonal and textual Themes, and finally, it looks into thematic progression in two excerpts from the corpus and how the Theme zone contributes to the construal of textual, interpersonal and topical coherence. In all three parts, intercultural variation can be observed, be it Czech authors' preference for the [textual Theme] [topical Theme] configuration, their more frequent use of exclusive we and abstract rhetors in topical Themes and higher employment of textual Themes in the Theme zone, or their inclination to build coherence on a local rather than a more global level.

Návaznosti

LTC18015, projekt VaV

Název: Výzkum a výuka akademického psaní z mezikulturního hlediska

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Výzkum a výuka akademického psaní z mezikulturního hlediska, INTER-COST

Citovat

HŮLKOVÁ, Irena; Olga DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ; Renata JANČAŘÍKOVÁ a Josef SCHMIED. Intercultural variation in academic discourse: Theme zones and the build-up of coherence in research articles. Topics in Linguistics. Nitra: Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Arts, 2019, roč. 20, č. 2, s. 33-53. ISSN 1337-7590. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2019-0008.

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HŮLKOVÁ, Irena; Olga DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ; Renata JANČAŘÍKOVÁ a Josef SCHMIED. Intercultural variation in academic discourse: Theme zones and the build-up of coherence in research articles. \textit{Topics in Linguistics}. Nitra: Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Arts, 2019, roč.~20, č.~2, s.~33-53. ISSN~1337-7590. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2019-0008.

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