Engaging with the reader in research articles in English:
Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds

J 2021

Engaging with the reader in research articles in English: Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga

Základní údaje

Originální název

Engaging with the reader in research articles in English: Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds

Autoři

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga (100 Bulharsko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

English for Specific Purposes, Netherlands, Elsevier, 2021, 0889-4906

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.417

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14410/21:00118987

Organizační jednotka

Pedagogická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2021.02.003

UT WoS

000659173400002

Klíčová slova anglicky

disciplinary variation; engagement; intercultural rhetoric; metadiscourse; persuasion; research articles

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 3. 2. 2022 10:54, Dana Nesnídalová

Anotace

V originále

This article studies engagement in English-medium research articles across two disciplines, linguistics and economics, and two linguacultural backgrounds, Anglophone and Czech, in order to explore how disciplinary and linguacultural considerations affect the choice, frequency and distribution of engagement markers in the construal of persuasive academic discourse. The contrastive analysis applying Hyland & Jiang’s (2016) modified model of engagement is carried on a corpus of 60 refereed research articles published in international and local academic journals within these disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds. The findings indicate the existence of cross-disciplinary variation as linguistics research articles employ significantly more engagement features than economics research articles. Moreover, linguistics research articles show a preference for proximity engagement markers aiming at enhancing disciplinary solidarity, while economics research articles tend to prioritize positioning engagement features directing readers towards intended understandings and anticipating alternative interpretations. Intercultural variation, which is less significant and affects the frequency of use and choice of specific engagement markers, reflects divergences in linguacultural conventions, target audiences and contexts of publication. These results indicate the potential of this doubly contrastive approach to contribute towards an understanding of rhetorical choices in academic discourse. The study can have important pedagogic applications in the training of academic writers.

Návaznosti

GA17-16195S, projekt VaV

Název: Persvaze v anglickém a českém specializovaném diskurzu

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Persvaze v anglickém a českém specializovaném diskurzu

Citovat

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga. Engaging with the reader in research articles in English: Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds. English for Specific Purposes. Netherlands: Elsevier, 2021, roč. 63, July 2021, s. 18-32. ISSN 0889-4906. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2021.02.003.

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DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga. Engaging with the reader in research articles in English: Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds. \textit{English for Specific Purposes}. Netherlands: Elsevier, 2021, roč.~63, July 2021, s.~18-32. ISSN~0889-4906. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2021.02.003.

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