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

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA21-12150S" target="_blank" >GA21-12150S: Mezikulturní variace v interakci mezi autorem a čtenářem v anglickém akademickém diskurzu českých studentů a rodilých mluvčích angličtiny</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Topics in Linguistics

ISSN

1337-7590

e-ISSN

2199-6504

Svazek periodika

23

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

18-35

Kód UT WoS článku

000904839700002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85145571117