Intercultural Perspectives on Research Writing

Editors

Pilar Mur-Dueñas

| Universidad de Zaragoza

Jolanta Šinkūnienė

| Vilnius University

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This volume offers a fresh intercultural perspective on the discursive and rhetorical challenges non-Anglophone scholars face while writing and publishing in English for an international readership. The volume presents a wide spectrum of text-based intercultural analyses of academic texts written in L2 English. Placed in the context of a rapidly increasing role of English as the universal language of scientific and scholarly communication, the contributions attempt to explore native language influence on L2 English academic texts or, conversely, the influence of rhetorical or discursive features of English on L2 texts. Covering texts from Chinese to Lithuanian authors, the chapters in this volume offer a rich selection of lexico-grammatical, discursive and rhetorical elements analysed and compared across genres, disciplines and languages both within synchronic and diachronic perspectives. This volume will be of interest to both experienced and novice researchers in such fields as English for Academic Purposes, Intercultural Rhetoric, Genre Theory, Corpus Linguistics, and English as a Lingua Franca.

[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 18] 2018. x, 310 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.18

Table of Contents

Preface: Academic writing and non-Anglophone scholars Ken Hyland	vii–x
Introduction: Intercultural rhetoric approaches to the analysis of academic genres Pilar Mur-Dueñas and Jolanta Šinkūnienė	2–12
Part I. Three-fold intercultural analysis	16–79
Chapter 1. A contrastive (English, Czech English, Czech) study of rhetorical functions of citations in Linguistics research articles Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová	15–38
Chapter 2. How to internationalise and empower academic research?: The role of language and academic conventions in Linguistics Jūratė Ruzaitė and Rūta Petrauskaitė	39–58
Chapter 3. The power of English: I and we in Lithuanian, Lithuanian English and British English research writing Jolanta Šinkūnienė	59–80
Part II. Two-fold intercultural analysis	84–171
Chapter 4. “This dissonance”: Bolstering credibility in academic abstracts Geneviève Bordet	83–104
Chapter 5. Asserting research status, values and relevance in thesis abstracts of Science and Engineering Maryam Mehrjooseresht and Ummul K. Ahmad	105–128
Chapter 6. Chinese writers of English RAs as creators of a research space in a national context: A diachronic study Xinren Chen	129–150
Chapter 7. Conference abstracts in English: A challenge for non-Anglophone writers Renata Povolná	151–172
Part III. Intercultural analysis on the move	176–297
Chapter 8. Hybrid rhetorical structure in English Sociology research article abstracts: The ambit of ELF and translation Rosa Lorés-Sanz	175–194
Chapter 9. Epistemic stance and authorial presence in scientific research writing: Hedges, boosters and self-mentions across disciplines and writer groups Jingjing Wang and Feng (Kevin) Jiang	195–216
Chapter 10. Publishing in English: ELF writers, textual voices and metadiscourse Marina Bondi and Carlotta Borelli	217–236
Chapter 11. Not the same, but how different?: Comparing the use of reformulation markers in ELF and in ENL research articles Silvia Murillo	237–254
Chapter 12. Evaluation in research article introductions in the Social Sciences written by English as a Lingua Franca and English native users Enrique Lafuente-Millán	255–276
Chapter 13. Exploring ELF manuscripts: An analysis of the anticipatory it pattern with an interpersonal function Pilar Mur-Dueñas	277–298
Afterword: Intercultural rhetoric, English as a lingua franca and research writing Ulla Connor	299–302
About the authors	303–306
Index	307

“This important collection of papers makes a significant and timely contribution to research on the intercultural dimension of research writing. Its thirteen authoritative chapters deal with the major genres (research article and abstract) and provide empirical analyses within a wide range of linguistic, cultural and disciplinary contexts. Given the ever-increasing pressure to publish in English, this volume will be essential reading not only for scholars working in the field of intercultural studies, but also for EAP professionals keen to develop their knowledge and understanding of the challenges faced by L2 writers of research genres.”

Maggie Charles, University of Oxford

“This volume offers excellent insights into various forms of academic writing across cultures. The chapters provide in-depth perspectives on how scholars belonging to different contexts and disciplines cope with their need to communicate the results of their research at a global level by using the English language. This book makes an important contribution to the literature on Intercultural Rhetoric.”

Maurizio Gotti, Università di Bergamo

Subjects

Linguistics

BIC Subject: CJCW – Writing skills

BISAC Subject: LAN020000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2018037090