scholarly journals AUTHORIAL IDENTITY IN RESEARCH ARTICLES

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-10
Author(s):  
Aida Ariannejad
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Discourse Community ◽  
Authorial Identity ◽  
Academic Discourse Community ◽  
English Articles ◽  
Academic Genre ◽  
Shed Light

The present study investigates the employment of self-mentions and their functions in English articles in the field of architecture. To this end, a compiled corpus, composing of the post-method sections of 50 articles, was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results shed light on various functions used by English-language writers to express their authorial identity through explicit employment of self-mentions. The findings provide some insights into the rhetorical conventions of the academic discourse community of architects and into employment of these discursive features which are of great importance to EAP teachers and learners.  Keywords: Self-mentions, academic articles, academic genre analysis

scholarly journals Variation and Change in the Grammatical Marking of Stance: The Case of That-Complement Clauses in Research Articles

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-28
Author(s):  
Šarolta Godnič Vičič
Keyword(s):  
Time Span ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Diachronic Change ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
Complement Clause ◽  
Complement Clauses ◽  
Academic Genre ◽  
Shed Light

Variation in the genre of research articles has been extensively studied across different disciplines and languages; however, diachronic change and intradisciplinary variation in this academic genre have received less attention. Therefore this paper aims to shed light on change and variation in research articles within a multidisciplinary field of research by focusing on the use of that-complement clause constructions which are known to mark stance. The corpus-based study uses tourism studies as an example, and covers the time span from 1995 to 2010. Diachronic change in the use of that-complement clause constructions was found in instances when they are marked by a verb as well as in the kinds of stance meanings conveyed. Significant intradisciplinary variation was also found across the journals.

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Variation in the Use of Hedges and Boosters in Academic Discourse

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Dontcheva-Navratilova
Keyword(s):  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Cultural Variation ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Rate Distribution ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Target Readership ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract Hedges and boosters are important metadiscoursal devices contributing to the construal of persuasion in academic discourse as they enable academic writers to distinguish facts from opinions, evaluate the views of others and convey a different degree of commitment to their assertions (cf. Hyland 1998a, Hyland 2004, 2005). This study explores cross-cultural variation in the use of lexical hedges and boosters in the academic discourse of non-native writers. The study is carried out on a specialized corpus of linguistics research articles published in the international journal Applied Linguistics and the national Czech English-medium journal Discourse and Interaction. The main purpose of the cross-cultural investigation is to analyze variation in the rate, distribution and choice of hedges and boosters across the rhetorical structure of research articles in order to shed light on ways in which Anglophone and Czech writers express different degrees of commitment in their assertions when striving to persuade their target readership to accept their views and claims.

scholarly journals Genre Analysis of Accounts of Methodology in Arabic Educational Research Articles

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-301
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Rhetorical Features ◽  
Rhetorical Structures

Genre analysts have conducted studies on research articles (henceforth RAs) written in different languages, giving primary attention to the introduction section. The methodology has not been given similar attention although it is an essential part of empirical RAs. There are no studies, to the best of my knowledge, which have tackled accounts of methodology of Arabic RAs. This research, therefore, aims to identify the rhetorical features of accounts of methodology of Arabic educational RAs with their realisations. In pursuing this aim, 40 method sections were selected from RAs published in refereed Arabic journals in the field of Education. These were analysed based on Swales’ (1990) ‘move and steps’ analysis approach and bottom-up processing. The linguistic features, realising the moves and steps, were analysed using the transitivity framework (Halliday 1985). The findings show that there are five moves representing the methodology: 1- sample and population of study; 2- procedures of study; 3- measure; 4- variables of study; and 5- data analysis procedures. These moves are realised by a number of steps and sub-steps which are represented most often using material and relational process types. The results of this research provide insights into Arabic academic discourse. The results may also help empower beginner academic writers and enhance writing textbooks. Keywords: Methodology, Research articles, Rhetorical structures and transitivity framework.

Metadiscourse variations in the generic structure of disciplinary research articles

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-212
Author(s):  
Hadi Kashiha
Keyword(s):  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Discourse Community ◽  
Discourse Communities ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The Status ◽  
Novice Writers ◽  
Academic Genre

Abstract Research articles have begun to occupy the status of a prominent academic genre, as publishing one is a significant way to gain credibility and to establish oneself as a researcher among members of a discourse community. One way to distinguish discourse communities is to look at the linguistic features used in the generic structure of their research articles. One of these linguistic features is metadiscourse which deals with the connection between authors, texts and readers. The present study adopted Hyland’s (2005a) model of metadiscourse to compare the use of interactional markers in the moves of 40 research article introductions from Applied Linguistics and Chemistry. Findings indicated some variations in the way that disciplinary authors employed interactional devices in introduction moves. These findings can be discussed in terms of familiarizing novice writers with discipline-specific features of their research article introduction and interpersonality in establishing a link between a text and readers.

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