Cross-Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Academic Discourse

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-272-5437-5
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 193, 299 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 725 g

Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series

The goal of this volume is to examine academic discourse (AD) from cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspectives. The adjective Cross-cultural in the volume title is not just limited to national contexts but also includes a cross-disciplinary perspective. Twelve scientific fields are under scrutiny in the articles. One of the unique aspects of the volume is the inclusion of a variety of foreign languages (English (as a lingua franca), Spanish, French, Swedish, Russian, German, Italian, and Norwegian). Besides, in several articles dealing with oral AD, comparisons and parallels are also established with written AD. The research methodologies used in the studies are varied and they offer an overview of the diversity and richness of approaches to AD. All in all, it is hoped that the volume appeals not only to young researchers but also to confirmed scholars interested in cross-linguistic and cross-cultural aspects of AD. It will also be of interest to language teachers or teachers who are involved with e.g. international students and academic mobility.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Suomela-Salmi, Eija

Dervin, Fred

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of contents

Introduction
Eija Suomela-Salmi and Fred Dervin

1–16
As academics we are not disposed to say “I know the world is round.”: Marking of evidentiality in Russian and German historiographic articles
Christina Jank

19–32
Certainty and commitment in the construction of academic knowledge in the humanities
Rebecca Beke and Adriana Bolívar

33–48
Citation in business management research articles: A contrastive (English-Spanish) corpus-based analysis
Pilar Mur Dueñas

49–60
A cross-cultural comparison of the functions and sociolinguistic distribution of English and German tag questions and discourse markers in academic speech
Erik Schleef

61–80
Polyphony in academic discourse: A cross-cultural perspective on historical discourse
Marina Bondi

83–108
Academic voices in the research article
Kjersti Fløttum

109–122
Author identity in economics and linguistics abstracts
Trine Dahl

123–134
Exploring the polyphonic dimension of academic book review articles in the discourse of linguistics
Giuliana Diani

135–150
Notes on notes: Endnotes and footnotes in Swedish historical and philosophical research articles
Merja Koskela and Tiina Männikkö

151–162
The use of contrastive strategies in a sociology research paper: A cross-cultural study
Zofia Golebiowski

165–186
Different worlds, different audiences: A contrastive analysis of research article abstracts
Rosa Lorés-Sanz

187–198
Spoken rhetoric: How do natives and non-natives fare?
Anna Mauranen

199–218
Argumentative strategies in conference discussions sessions
Irena G. Vassileva

219–240
Clash of the Titans: The construction of the Human and Social Sciences by a philosopher and a sociologist
Eija Suomela-Salmi and Fred Dervin

243–274
Semantic and discursive construction of the “Europe of knowledge”
Olga Galatanu

275–293
Magna Charta Universitatum: Universita di Bologna

294–296
Index

297–300