The Rhetoric Of The Abstract In English And Spanish Scientific Discourse

Author : Pedro Martín-Martín
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 3039106384

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The Rhetoric of the Abstract in English and Spanish Scientific Discourse by Pedro Martín-Martín Pdf

Scientific discourse is increasingly internationalised, as a result of the great influence that the discourse conventions of the international English-speaking academic community exert on scientific communication worldwide. Contrastive rhetoric studies, however, have shown that the particular configuration of different discourse communities may have an influence on the construction of genres. This book explores rhetorical preferences in the research article abstract genre. The main focus of the study is an investigation of the extent to which there is cross-linguistic variation in terms of the rhetorical strategies used by writers in abstracts to foreground their main knowledge claims and present themselves as qualified discourse community members. From a quantitative and qualitative perspective, the author compares the rhetorical structure and other socio-pragmatic features of abstracts written in English for international scientific journals with those written in Spanish for Spanish journals in the experimental social sciences, and more specifically in the disciplines of phonetics and psychology. In the interpretation of results, the author mainly draws on socio-cultural and contextual factors to account for cross-cultural rhetorical variation.

Author : Eija Suomela-Salmi,Fred Dervin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027254375

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Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Perspectives on Academic Discourse by Eija Suomela-Salmi,Fred Dervin Pdf

The goal of this volume is to examine academic discourse (AD) from cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspectives. The adjective "Cross-cultural" in the volume title is not just limited to national contexts but also includes a cross-disciplinary perspective. Twelve scientific fields are under scrutiny in the articles. One of the unique aspects of the volume is the inclusion of a variety of foreign languages (English (as a lingua franca), Spanish, French, Swedish, Russian, German, Italian, and Norwegian). Besides, in several articles dealing with oral AD, comparisons and parallels are also established with written AD. The research methodologies used in the studies are varied and they offer an overview of the diversity and richness of approaches to AD. All in all, it is hoped that the volume appeals not only to young researchers but also to confirmed scholars interested in cross-linguistic and cross-cultural aspects of AD. It will also be of interest to language teachers or teachers who are involved with e.g. international students and academic mobility.

Author : Ramón Plo Alastrué,Carmen Pérez-Llantada
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614516378

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English as a Scientific and Research Language by Ramón Plo Alastrué,Carmen Pérez-Llantada Pdf

This volume examines the role of English in academic and research settings in Europe and provides recommendations on the challenges posed by the dominance of English over national languages as languages of science and research dissemination; the need for language support for academics that need to disseminate their research in English; and the effect of past and present language policies.

Author : Tamsin Sanderson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Academic language
ISBN : 9783823364269

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Corpus, Culture, Discourse by Tamsin Sanderson Pdf

Author : Enrique Lafuente-Millán,Rosa Lorés-Sanz,Pilar Mur-Dueñas
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781443820271

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Constructing Interpersonality by Enrique Lafuente-Millán,Rosa Lorés-Sanz,Pilar Mur-Dueñas Pdf

The view that academic discourse is, by definition, impersonal has long been superseded. It seems unquestionable now that the interpersonal component of texts, that is, the ways in which the writers project themselves and their audience in the discourse, is an essential factor determining the success of scholarly communication and has become a fundamental issue in the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Interpersonality is the key issue around which the articles in this edited book focus on. The eighteen contributions included in this volume provide a wide exploratory view of the many academic genres in which interpersonality is manifested and the various analytical approaches from which the textual manifestation of that interpersonality can be studied. The varied origin of the contributors is also representative of the global interest that the issue of interpersonality arouses in the field of academic discourse analysis at an international level. The present volume constitutes a highly valuable tool for applied linguists and discourse analysts with an interest in EAP as well as for students, instructors and language teachers interested in academic discourse. The book may also be of interest to other agents intervening in the research publication process, such as translators, proofreaders, reviewers and editors.

Author : Jan Engberg,Girolamo Tessuto
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527525818

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Frameworks for Discursive Actions and Practices of the Law by Jan Engberg,Girolamo Tessuto Pdf

This volume provides descriptive and interpretive insights into the ‘living’ usage of language and other semiotic modes in building and performing the law across academic, professional and institutional contexts, where issues arise from the meaning and function of legal texts, discourse and genre in constituting and enabling conventions, albeit dynamically, and account for the socially and (inter)culturally influenced forms of discursive actions and practices. The twenty contributions included here weave significant contexts and situations for legal discourse and practice into a tight thread, and justify selected topic areas through a variety of approaches, frameworks, methodologies, and procedures. As such, this publication is multidimensional and multiperspectival in its design and implementation of key issues confronting discursive actions and practices of the law, and provides an invaluable resource for academics in a wider range of disciplines, including linguistics, applied linguistics and communication studies. It will also be of interest to students of interdisciplinary discourse analysis.

Author : Sally Burgess,Pedro Martín-Martín
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 303911462X

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English as an Additional Language in Research Publication and Communication by Sally Burgess,Pedro Martín-Martín Pdf

This book brings together a collection of selected empirical studies by researchers and English for Academic Purposes professionals working with scholars who use English as an additional language and who face barriers to publication when communicating the results of their research in the international context. The contributions have their origins in papers and workshops presented at the conference «Publishing and Presenting Research Internationally: Issues for Speakers of English as an Additional Language» (PRISEAL), which took place at the University of La Laguna (Spain) from 11 to 13 January 2007. The various issues which are addressed in this volume are grouped into three main themes: 1. Descriptive studies of linguistic and rhetorical features of written and spoken academic genres. 2. Contrastive studies of academic discourse with a focus on rhetorical preferences of members of scientific communities across cultures, disciplines and genres. 3. Studies which evaluate English for Academic Purposes courses and materials in terms of how successfully they develop the scholar's ability to communicate more effectively in English.

Author : Zohar Livnat
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027275028

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Dialogue, Science and Academic Writing by Zohar Livnat Pdf

This book investigates the dialogic nature of research articles from the perspective of discourse analysis, based on theories of dialogicity. It proposes a theoretical and applied framework for the understanding and exploration of scientific dialogicity. Focusing on some dialogic components, among them citations, concession, inclusive we and interrogatives, a combined model of scientific dialogicity is proposed, that reflects the place and role of various linguistic structures against the background of various theoretical approaches to dialogicity. Taking this combined model as a basis, the analysis demonstrates how scientific dialogicity is realized in an actual scientific dispute and how a scientific project is constructed step by step by means of a dialogue with its readers and discourse community. A number of different patterns of scientific dialogicity are offered, characterized by the different levels of the polemic held with the research world and other specific researchers – from the “classic”, moderate and polite dialogicity to a direct and personal confrontation between scientists.

Author : Margaret Cargill,Sally Burgess
Publisher : University of Adelaide Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781925261523

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Publishing Research in English as an Additional Language by Margaret Cargill,Sally Burgess Pdf

Many universities worldwide now require established and novice scholars, as well as PhD students, to publish in English in international journals. This growing trend gives rise to multiple interrelated questions, which this volume seeks to address through the perspectives of a group of researchers and practitioners who met in Coimbra, Portugal in 2015 for the PRISEAL and MET conferences. The volume offers truly global coverage, with chapters focusing on vastly different geo-social areas, and disciplines from the humanities to the hard sciences. It will be of interest to applied linguists, particularly those working in the area of English for Research Publication Purposes, and to language professionals working in research writing support, research supervision and academic publishing, as well as to journal editors and managers.

Author : Taiwo, Rotimi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 889 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781615207749

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Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction by Taiwo, Rotimi Pdf

A compendium of over 50 scholarly works on discourse behavior in digital communication.

Author : Ruth Breeze
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401207959

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Rethinking academic writing pedagogy for the European university by Ruth Breeze Pdf

All over Europe, universities are moving over to English as the language of instruction. This development has been accelerated by global forces, and its pedagogical consequences have yet to be fully explored. This book examines this situation from the point of view of students and teachers, focusing particularly on the acquisition of English language writing skills in European university contexts. It takes an academic approach, and is firmly grounded in the bibliography on teaching academic writing to second language users in English-speaking countries, as well as in the bibliography on teaching English in Europe in higher education. In addition to providing sound pedagogical guidelines, it also brings together the most recent critiques of current practice and an overview of the innovative approaches devised in the last ten years. This is a book for all those who are involved in the changing European university scenario: English teachers and writing instructors, lecturers faced with the challenge of teaching their courses in English, university administrators and decision-makers.

Author : Christoph Haase
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781443830997

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ELT by Christoph Haase Pdf

This volume represents an outgrowth of the 7th international ATECR conference, which brought together researchers and educators from fields as diverse as language teaching in a variety of contexts, corpus linguistics and literary studies. The contributions in this volume show— despite their diversity—a strong common denominator: an aim to bundle efforts and unify parameters in order to optimize English Language Teaching as a world-wide endeavor. Thus, for our teaching it can only be beneficial when linguists talk to literary-minded teachers or methodology specialists investigate whether their theoretical underpinnings make their way into practice by talking to language instructors or language service providers. In general, the authors present a multifaceted picture of the English Language Teaching context with themselves as practitioners but also as investigators and researchers at the same time. The research that reflects back on their teaching thus creates a force-feedback loop not only for the investigating scholar but also for the practicing instructor who reapplies his/her knowledge after failed or suboptimal attempts as evidenced by the data.

Author : Vijay Kumar Bhatia,Maurizio Gotti
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039109952

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Explorations in Specialized Genres by Vijay Kumar Bhatia,Maurizio Gotti Pdf

Genre analysis has become firmly established as one of the most popular frameworks for the study of specialized genres in academic, professional and institutional as well as other workplace contexts. In recent years, genre theory has also developed in the direction of a more comprehensive and powerful multi-dimensional and multi-perspectived framework to examine not only the text but also the context in a much more meaningful manner than had ever been done earlier. The theoretical perspectives and the individual case studies of this volume testify to the wide range of methodological tools made available by genre theory, enabling researchers to handle problems relating to the description of variations in language use. Moreover, the following relevant issues are addressed: how are specialized genres constructed, interpreted and exploited in the achievement of specific goals in highly specialized contexts?

Author : AA. VV.
Publisher : FrancoAngeli
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24T00:00:00+02:00
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9788856874303

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Applied Psycholinguistics. Positive effects and ethical perspectives: Volume I by AA. VV. Pdf

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Author : Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387122264

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International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 11(1) by Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan Pdf