DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga. Writer-reader interaction in L2 learner academic discourse: Reader engagement in Czech students' Master's theses. Linguistica Pragensia. Praha: Charles University Prague, Faculty of Arts, 2023, vol. 33, No 2, p. 117-135. ISSN 0862-8432. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14712/18059635.2023.2.2.
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Original name Writer-reader interaction in L2 learner academic discourse: Reader engagement in Czech students' Master's theses
Authors DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga (100 Bulgaria, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Linguistica Pragensia, Praha, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Arts, 2023, 0862-8432.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 0.200 in 2022
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14410/23:00134310
Organization unit Faculty of Education
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/18059635.2023.2.2
UT WoS 001097347800002
Keywords in English reader engagement; Master’s thesis; academic discourse; intercultural rhetoric; metadiscourse
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This article studies writer-reader interaction in L2 (Czech) learner academic discourse focusing on reader engagement in English-medium Master’s theses written in the humanities. The study draws on Hyland and Jiang’s (2016) model of engagement. It aims to reveal how Czech graduates use features of engagement (reader reference, appeals to shared knowledge, directives and questions) to establish solidarity with readers by acknowledging their presence and negotiating potential alternative views. The contrastive corpus-based analysis compares a corpus of Czech English-medium Master’s theses with two reference L1 corpora representing learner and published academic discourse to explore the impact of linguacultural background, expertise and discipline on the frequency of use and functions of engagement markers. The findings indicate that realisation patterns and functions of engagement markers vary significantly across the corpora. Czech graduates tend to underuse reader reference and questions, overuse directives, and generally fail to approximate disciplinary patterns of engagement markers. This seems to reflect students’ insufficient awareness of academic rhetorical conventions, their efforts to blend L1 and L2 academic norms, and the specificity of the audience they are addressing in the examination context of the Master’s thesis.
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GA21-12150S, research and development projectName: Mezikulturní variace v interakci mezi autorem a čtenářem v anglickém akademickém diskurzu českých studentů a rodilých mluvčích angličtiny
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Intercultural variation in writer-reader interaction in English-medium academic discourse by Czech and Anglophone novice writers
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