Tülay Dixon
List of John Benjamins publications for which Tülay Dixon plays a role.
2024 A simple methodology for identifying speech act tendencies: A case study of e-mail refusals Applied Pragmatics 6:1, pp. 60–85 | Article
Speech act studies often compare two or more groups of speakers by analyzing how often each group uses a given strategy to realize a speech act. Since the goal of such studies is to compare groups, they often do not discuss the variation that exists within the groups and, by extension, what can… read more
2024 The relative influence of language backgrounds, communicative text types, and disciplines in undergraduate student writing International Journal of Learner Corpus Research: Online-First Articles | Article
Previous studies of undergraduate writing investigated linguistic variation across (i) assignment types, (ii) disciplines, and (iii) language backgrounds. The combined findings of these studies allowed us to formulate eight hypotheses as to how undergraduate writing is likely to vary across… read more
2023 Examining novice writers’ perceptions of formality Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 4:1, pp. 29–55 | Article
Adherence to standards pertaining to formality remains important for novice academic writers wishing to write within the scientific community. However, due to its elusive nature, it may not be clear what “formal” really means. This study investigates what affects novice writers’ perceptions of… read more