Abstracts in Academic Discourse: Variation and Change

377 Pages·2014·1.872 MB·English

by  Marina Bondi, Rosa Lorés Sanz

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Rosa Lorés-Sanz is a Senior Lecturer in the De-
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University of Zaragoza. She has edited books
and published articles in national and interna-
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Linguistic Insights
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Studies in Language and Communication
The book brings together a rich variety of perspec-
tives on abstracts as an academic genre. Drawing
e
on genre analysis and corpus linguistics, the stud- rs
u
ies collected here combine attention to generic o
c
structure with emphasis on language variation s
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and change, thus offering a multi-perspective view c
on a genre that is becoming one of the most im- mi
portant in present-day research communication. e
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The chapters are organized into three sections, a
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each one offering distinct but sometimes com- A
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bined perspectives on the exploration of this aca- s i
demic genre. The first section looks at variation ct
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across cultures through studies comparing Eng- r
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lish with Spanish, Italian and German, while also bs
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including considerations on variation across gen- •
ders or the native/non-native divide. The second s)
section centres on variation across disciplines and d
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includes a wide range of studies exploring disci- z (
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plinary identities and communities,as well as dif- a
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ferent degrees of centrality in the disciplinary s
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community. The third and final section explores r
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language and genre change by looking at how a L
authorial voice and metadiscourse have changed s
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over the past few decades under the influence of & R Marina Bondi & Rosa Lorés Sanz (eds)
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Reggio Emilia, where she is also Director of the
CLAVIER (Corpus and Language Variation in
English Research) centre. She has published on
various aspects of discourse analysis, genre
analysis, argumentation, metadiscourse, evalu-
Variation and Change
ative language and corpus approaches to spe-
cialised discourse.
Rosa Lorés-Sanz is a Senior Lecturer in the De-
partment of English and German Studies of the
University of Zaragoza. She has edited books
and published articles in national and interna-
tional journals on pragmatics and translation,
and corpus and contrastive studies (English-
Spanish) applied to academic and specialized g
languages. She is a member of the research n
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Abstracts in Academic Discourse
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Contents
ROSA LORÉS SANZ / MARINA BONDI
Introduction ........................................................................................ 9
Section 1: Variation across Cultures
FRANCISCO ALONSO-ALMEIDA
Evidential and Epistemic Devices in English and Spanish Medical,
Computing and Legal Scientific Abstracts: A Contrastive Study .... 21
INES BUSCH-LAUER
Abstracts: Cross-linguistic, Disciplinary and
Intercultural Perspectives .................................................................. 43
GIULIANA DIANI
On English and Italian Research Article Abstracts:
Genre Variation Across Cultures ...................................................... 65
ROSA LORÉS SANZ
Lost (and Gained) in Translation:
A Contrastive (English/Spanish) Analysis of Rhetorical and
Lexicogrammatical Patterns in Sociology Research Article
Abstracts ........................................................................................... 85
ANDRZEJ (cid:224)YDA / KRYSTYNA WARCHA(cid:224)
Gender and Academicity:
Insights from Research Article Abstracts ....................................... 111
6

Section 2: Variation Across Disciplines
GENEVIÈVE BORDET
Influence of Collocational Variations on Making the PhD Abstract
an Effective “Would-be Insider” Self-promotional Tool ............... 131
SILVIA CAVALIERI
Variation Across Disciplines. The Case of Applied Linguistics
and Medicine .................................................................................. 161
ANNA-MARIA HATZITHEODOROU
A Genre-oriented Analysis of Research Article Abstracts in Law
and Business Journals ..................................................................... 175
MICHELE SALA
Research Article Abstracts as Domain-specific Epistemological
Indicators. A Corpus-based Study .................................................. 199
FRANÇOISE SALAGER MEYER / MARÍA ÁNGELES ALCARAZ ARIZA /
BEVERLY LEWIN
Abstract Quality in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Papers:
A Structural and Cross-Generic Analysis ....................................... 221
Section 3: Language and Genre Change:
A Diachronic Perspective
MARINA BONDI
Changing Voices: Authorial Voice in Abstracts ............................. 243
PAUL GILLAERTS
Shifting Metadiscourse:
Looking for Diachrony in the Abstract Genre ................................ 271
7

AKIKO OKAMURA / PHILIP SHAW
Development of Academic Journal Abstracts in Relation
to the Demands of Stakeholders ..................................................... 287
JOHN SWALES
Afterword ........................................................................................ 319
References ...................................................................................... 325
Notes on Contributors ..................................................................... 357