Glossing an argument: Reformulation and exemplification in L2 Master’s theses

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14410%2F22%3A00129274" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14410/22:00129274 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/topling-2022-0009" target="_blank" >https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/topling-2022-0009</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/topling-2022-0009" target="_blank" >10.2478/topling-2022-0009</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Glossing an argument: Reformulation and exemplification in L2 Master’s theses
Original language description
Following a large body of research on metadiscourse in academic writing, this paper explores one feature of textual metadiscourse, code glosses, in English L2 academic texts written by Czech university students. The study draws on Hyland’s metadiscourse model (2005), which characterizes code glosses as devices that elaborate propositional meanings by rephrasing or explaining what has been said. Thus, they can help readers understand the writer’s intended meaning or contribute to the formation of persuasive arguments. The corpus consists of 48 English L2 Master’s theses representing three disciplines – linguistics, literature and English language teaching (ELT) methodology, totalling almost 950,000 words. The results are compared with professional writing represented by English L1 research articles from the same disciplines. The findings reveal differences in the frequency and functions of several code glosses, as novice writers are shown to overuse certain devices. The findings also indicate cross-disciplinary variation, as reformulation and exemplification proved to be much more prominent in linguistics and methodology than in literary studies.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-12150S" target="_blank" >GA21-12150S: Intercultural variation in writer-reader interaction in English-medium academic discourse by Czech and Anglophone novice writers</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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