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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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.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher Poland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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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
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D., učo 5423. Changed: 20/5/2024 17:10.
Abstract
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.
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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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