Chapter published in:
Persuasion in Public Discourse: Cognitive and functional perspectivesEdited by Jana Pelclová and Wei-lun Lu
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 79] 2018
► pp. 259–278
Chapter 11. Promotional strategies in academic writing
Statements of contribution in Spanish and ELF research articles
Written academic discourse has been shown to be highly persuasive, as scholars need to convince readers of the validity and relevance of their research making use of interpersonal strategies which are appropriate to the specific communities. Based on genre analysis (Bhatia 2004; Swales 2004) and taking an intercultural perspective (Connor 2004), this chapter seeks to explore statements of contribution as a promotional strategy in research articles in business management intended to persuade readers of the novelty and significance of the research presented. A comparable corpus of English articles published in international journals by scholars from varied linguacultural backgrounds using English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and Spanish articles published in national journals was analyzed in terms of the use of this persuasive practice. The results indicate that its use is influenced by the different expectations and conventions in the two languages and contexts of publication, and contributes to establishing a different writer-reader relationship.
Keywords: intercultural rhetoric, interpersonality, academic discourse, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), promotional strategies, genre analysis, English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)
Published online: 08 August 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.79.12mur
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.79.12mur
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