Endophoric Signposting: A Contrastive Study of Textual References in L2 Czech Master's Theses and Native English Academic Writing
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14410%2F24%3A00139656" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14410/24:00139656 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/9976/version/9924" target="_blank" >https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/9976/version/9924</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.20249976" target="_blank" >10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.20249976</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Endophoric Signposting: A Contrastive Study of Textual References in L2 Czech Master's Theses and Native English Academic Writing
Original language description
The aim of this study is to contribute to cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary discourse analysis, shedding light on English L2 learners’ metadiscursive practices. Focusing on a specialised learner corpus of English-medium Master’s theses written by Czech university students, the research explores the occurrence of endophoric markers and their characteristics. To enable cross-linguistic and cross-cultural comparison, a reference corpus of representative L1 English academic discourse was compiled. A new taxonomy used here, which draws on Hyland’s list of endophoric markers (2005) and an extensive literature review, categorises endophoric markers into three groups: purely directional, markers using specific words, and a category combining the first two. The study investigates the occurrence and function of these markers, focusing on anaphoric, cataphoric, and non-directional references. It also aims to identify differences in the usage of endophoric markers in English between L2 novice writers and experienced L1 academic writers, providing insights into trends and patterns in the employment of endophoric markers in academic writing in a way that accounts for disciplinary and linguistic factors. The results reveal higher endophoric marker frequencies in the Master’s Thesis Corpus, suggesting distinctive discourse patterns among Czech learners using English as an L2, with a predominance of specific endophoric markers and notable cross-disciplinary variation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
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)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies
ISSN
1137-6368
e-ISSN
2386-4834
Volume of the periodical
70
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
ES - SPAIN
Number of pages
26
Pages from-to
15-40
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85213271902