Czech English-medium linguistics journals’ academic writing
conventions: Continuity and change over the last 30 years

J 2023

Czech English-medium linguistics journals’ academic writing conventions: Continuity and change over the last 30 years

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga

Basic information

Original name

Czech English-medium linguistics journals’ academic writing conventions: Continuity and change over the last 30 years

Authors

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga

Edition

Token, Polsko, Jan Kochanowski University Press, 2023, 2299-5900

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.25951/11258

Keywords in English

research article; rhetorical structure; diachronic analysis; reader reference; writer reference

Abstract

V originále

This paper studies the development of academic writing conventions in Englishmedium research articles (RAs) by Czech linguists published in two national journals (Brno Studies in English and Linguistica Pragensia) over the last 30 years. Drawing on the genre analysis framework, the study investigates possible changes in the titles, rhetorical structure, statement of aims, research questions and hypotheses, and personal and locational metadiscourse markers for writer and reader reference in a small corpus of 20 RAs. The comparative diachronic analysis aims to identify continuity and change in the evolution of academic writing conventions and the factors influencing them. The findings indicate that Czech English-medium RAs have gradually adopted a more transparent rhetorical structure close to the IMRAD model, their titles have gained in informativeness, and researcher visibility has been enhanced due to an increase in locational and exclusive personal self-mention. These tendencies point to hybridity in the present-day English-medium discourse of Czech linguists which stems from the adaptation of diverging academic writing traditions to meet the publication needs of the authors.

Links

GA21-12150S, research and development project

Name: 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

Citovat

DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga. Czech English-medium linguistics journals’ academic writing conventions: Continuity and change over the last 30 years. Token. Polsko: Jan Kochanowski University Press, 2023, vol. 16, p. 25-54. ISSN 2299-5900. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.25951/11258.

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DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Olga. Czech English-medium linguistics journals’ academic writing conventions: Continuity and change over the last 30 years. \textit{Token}. Polsko: Jan Kochanowski University Press, 2023, vol.~16, p.~25-54. ISSN~2299-5900. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.25951/11258.

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