Writer Identity Construction Revisited: Stance, Voice, Self, and Identity in Academic Written Discourse

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Li ◽  
Liming Deng
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Writer Identity ◽  
Respective Role ◽  
Self And Identity ◽  
The One ◽  
Key Terms

Abstract Recent research on academic discourse has revealed the intersection of writing and writer identity construction. However, some terms that are being used in writer identity study are sometimes not only interchangeably used without making an explicit connection between them but also used in a way that may cause misunderstanding. The paper is intended to tease out four key terms, namely, stance, voice, self, and identity so that the respective role that each plays in academic written discourse can be differentiated on the one hand, and their interrelationship can be clarified on the other. It is hoped that such a panoramic picture can offer some pedagogical implications for academic writing teaching and research and provide some insights into the research on writer identity construction in academic written discourse as well.

scholarly journals A Systemic Functional Analysis of Theme in Modern Standard Arabic Texts

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Tareq Alfraidi
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Modern Standard Arabic ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Standard Arabic ◽  
Logical Frameworks ◽  
New Information ◽  
The One ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Modern Standard

The concept of Theme is regarded as a functional linguistic element that exists in many languages. The main aim of this study is to explore the functions of Theme in Arabic, applying the Systemic Functional Linguistics framework adopted by Downing (1991). Methodologically, several related real examples have been selected from the written discourse of Modern Standard Arabic and then analyzed contextually. The empirical analysis has revealed that (i) Theme can provide different functions, such as Individual, Circumstantial and Subjective and Logical Frameworks for the interpretation of the Rheme, and (ii) Theme can interact dynamically with different grammatical functions (e.g. Subject, Object, etc.) and have different pragmatic functions (e.g. Topic, Given and New information). Therefore, the view that makes a necessary link between Theme on the one hand and Noun Phrase, Topic or Given information on the other hand is proven incorrect and empirically invalid. Similar results have been obtained in the context of English (Downing 1991) but not yet for Arabic? This strengthens not only the universality of the concept of Theme but also its functions.

scholarly journals Introduction: State capacity and elections in the study of authoritarian regimes

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurel Croissant ◽  
Olli Hellmann
Keyword(s):  
State Capacity ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
Analytical Foundation ◽  
Electoral Authoritarianism ◽  
The One ◽  
Regime Resilience ◽  
Key Terms

Studies of multiparty elections in authoritarian regimes have proliferated in recent years. Nevertheless, the available evidence remains inconclusive in terms of when, where, or why elections work to sustain or undermine authoritarian rule. The contributions to the special issue ‘State Capacity, Elections and the Resilience of Authoritarian Rule’ argue that analyzing the extent to which the effect of elections on authoritarian regime resilience is mediated through the factor of state capacity helps to solve this puzzle. This introduction lays out the analytical foundation for this discussion by reviewing key terms and concepts, and by highlighting possible theoretical connections between the state capacity literature on the one hand and the electoral authoritarianism literature on the other. Furthermore, it considers the contributions in this special issue, and points out areas of agreement and disagreement between the authors, while simultaneously placing the different arguments within the broader field of enquiry.

Identity in Written Discourse

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 140-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kei Matsuda
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Writer Identity ◽  
Social Conventions ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

ABSTRACTThis article provides an overview of theoretical and research issues in the study of writer identity in written discourse. First, a historical overview explores how identity has been conceived, studied, and taught, followed by a discussion of how writer identity has been conceptualized. Next, three major orientations toward writer identity show how the focus of analysis has shifted from the individual to the social conventions and how it has been moving toward an equilibrium, in which the negotiation of individual and social perspectives is recognized. The next two sections discuss two of the key developments—identity in academic writing and the assessment of writer identity. The article concludes with a brief discussion of the implications and future directions for teaching and researching identity in written discourse.

Experts vs. Novices

Babel ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Künzli
Keyword(s):  
Potential Benefit ◽  
The Other ◽  
Systematic Variation ◽  
Pragmatic Competence ◽  
Thinking Aloud ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The One ◽  
Professional Translator ◽  
The Way

Résumé Ce travail a pour objectif d’tudier le développement de deux éléments de la compétence traductionnelle, à savoir les compétences discursive et pragmatique, grâce à l’tude de la façon dont est traduit le dialogue fictif entre émetteur et receveur dans des textes publicitaires. Trois étudiants en traduction (en première, troisième et quatrième années de leur formation) et un traducteur professionnel avaient pour tâche de traduire une publicité en pensant à haute voix. Les résultats révèlent une interdépendance entre l’importance accordée au dialogue fictif, les compétences discursive et pragmatique et léxpérience de la traduction. Notre étude présente un intérêt pour la pédagogie et la recherche. Elle met ainsi en évidence le bénéfice que l’enseignement pourrait retirer de la combinaison d’exercices de traduction et dánalyses de corpus. Elle fait également apparaître l’intérêt que la recherche aurait à manipuler les variables de façon plus systématique. Abstract This study investigates the development of two components of translational competence, i.e., discursive and pragmatic competence, by analyzing the way the fictitious dialogue between sender and receiver in advertising texts is translated. Three translation students (1 st , 3 rd and 4 th year of study) and one professional translator were asked to translate an advertisement while thinking aloud. The results show a correlation between the degree of awareness of the role played by the fictitious dialogue, discursive and pragmatic competence, and experience of translation. The study has implications for teaching and research: It reveals the potential benefit of combining translation exercises and analyses of corpora in teaching on the one hand, and of a systematic variation of variables in research on the other.

scholarly journals The Sinews of Governance: Bureaucracy, Narrative, and Power under Colonialism and Independence

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (4II) ◽  
pp. 1255-1262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Ali
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
The Other ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
British Rule ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control

This paper attempts to explore the production of an exegesis of written output by a civil bureaucracy, and to compare this output over two periods of governance. On the one part was the British bureaucracy in the Indus region, but more especially the Punjab, during British rule; and on the other the bureaucracy in Pakistan after 1947. The intention of the paper is to analyse the problematic of governance from a somewhat different approach, and one which to the author’s knowledge has yet not been undertaken, in our efforts to understand the power dynamics that have moulded the contours of governance in the Indus region in modern times. I have attempted elsewhere an analysis of these processes and developments.1 Therefore, rather than revisit these materials and arguments, I will suggest here a complementary yet distinct perspective for probing into the complexities of power and governance in this region. The question to be posed is whether, and how, could the emergence of a descriptive and analytical written discourse, by public officials, itself become the articulation of a narrative of power, authority and control. Moreover, in comparing the two periods, we might be able to glean some insights into the capability needs of public management and local and national governance systems, in addressing the challenging political and socio-economic environment facing contemporary Pakistan. These are huge areas of analysis, and mostly uncharted ones. The present paper can only hope to raise some relevant questions, and suggest some pertinent, if tentative, answers.

scholarly journals СВОЄ / ЧУЖЕ: ПРОБЛЕМА ОКРЕСЛЕННЯ ІДЕНТИЧНОСТІ В ПРОЗІ НАТАЛІ КОБРИНСЬКОЇ

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-96
Author(s):  
Ірина Борисюк
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fin De Siecle ◽  
Literary Canon ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Identity Studies ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Fin De Siècle ◽  
The One

The relevance of the article stems from the demand for rethinking Natalia Kobrynska’s prose and therefore her position in the Ukrainian literary canon. On the one hand, Kobrynska’s artistic searches reflect the development path of fin de siècle Ukrainian literature (realistic and modernist writing). On the other hand, some issues and themes in Kobrynska`s prose are actually ahead of her time (conceptualizing the Other, identity construction through power discourses, interrelation of power and knowledge, Kobrynska`s writing ecological impulses and so on). The paper was written within the framework of identity studies; the key issue is the tension between a construction and a choice. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate that Kobrynska’s characters’ identity is the result of their choices rather than their belonging to society. To conclude, Kobrynska has discovered the most appropriate ways of representation of society’s members at the time in which social relations collapse and emergence.

scholarly journals The Shared Dream of the Americas: An Introduction to Americanity

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1,2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrien Guyot
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Shed Light

While the cultural identities of Latin America, Québec and the Antilles have long been forged around a single reference, namely to their European past, they currently show signs of rupture and heterogeneity. Thinkers from Québec (Sherry Simon, Pierre Nepveu, Gérard Bouchard), the Antilles (Glissant, Chamoiseau, Confiant) and Brazil (Bernd) have been revisiting the concepts of origin and space from a completely different perspective. No longer would Europe be the anchor of their totalitarian-shaped cultural identity; the roots and origins of this identity construction would have to be found elsewhere, in a new environment perhaps, embracing the modernity and diversity that are celebrated in the concepts of hybridity, transculturalism, creolization, which all slowly lead to a mythical crossroads: America.However, the establishment of a symbolic relation with the American territory remains somewhat problematic as the concept of Americanity relies on diverse discourses which can be contradictory at times. In this essay, I aim to shed light on the trendy concept that Americanity has become. On the one hand, I will point out the ambiguity that surrounds the concept, and on the other hand, I will briefly explain how the different perspectives in the reappropriation of the American space could lead to the establishment of America as a shared elsewhere.

In case of innovation

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Edwards ◽  
Rutger-Jan Lange
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Outer Circle ◽  
Expanding Circle ◽  
User Data ◽  
Varietal Variation ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
The One

This paper addresses the equivalence often drawn between labels such as ESL, New Englishes and Outer Circle on the one hand, and between EFL, Learner Englishes and Expanding Circle on the other. It argues that this mapping takes insufficient account of both intra-varietal variation and inter-varietal similarities. We compare the two non-native varietal types with each other and with native English on the basis of ‘user’ data from the International Corpus of English and the Corpus of Dutch English, focusing on three-word clusters in academic writing. Quantitative analyses reveal no clear grouping per circle, but rather a regional East Africa grouping. Case studies of four specific clusters (in case of, due to the, the fact that and the other hand) mostly show a native/non-native divide. Characteristics of both ESL and EFL, including innovative processes as well as learner strategies, are shown to be at play in the Outer and Expanding Circle alike. The findings are consistent with the notion of neither a strict divide between varietal types, nor a continuum.

scholarly journals Coastal Yorubaland: Habitability, Inhabitance, and Inheritances

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyin Falola
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Self And Identity ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Although the conference from which this Special Issue derives was convened by two prominent historians, this article is multi-disciplinary; both within and outside the boundaries of history. The purpose is to merge various ideas in different disciplines to argue that the study of Coastal Yorubaland as an important unit of analysis should, on the one hand, stand alone, and, on the other, be integrated into larger studies in all fields from Art to Zoology. For thousands of years, people have been living along the coast, experiencing interactions with the sea: they were shaped by the lagoon and sea, and they in turn shaped the coastline and waterways. The past of the coastal Yoruba people shapes their present, and this present will shape their future.In this article, I speak to the impact of the consciousness of history, the consciousness of the past, and the consciousness of self and identity on coastal Yorubaland.

Recognising legal capacity: commentary and analysis of Article 12 CRPD

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clíona de Bhailís ◽  
Eilionóir Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Legal Capacity ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Equal Recognition ◽  
The Right ◽  
Key Terms

AbstractThis paper aims to summarise the current understanding and literature around Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It provides a brief history of the key terms associated with the right to equal recognition before the law and encompasses both academic writing in this area and General Comment No. 1 from the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The content is intended to provide readers of this Special Issue with a general understanding of developments surrounding Article 12 so they can fully engage with the other papers within this Special Issue and with the content of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) project as a whole.

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