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Chapter 2. How to internationalise and empower academic research?

The role of language and academic conventions in Linguistics
  • Jūratė Ruzaitė and Rūta Petrauskaitė
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Intercultural Perspectives on Research Writing
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Abstract

The current chapter accounts for the trends of internationalisation in research papers in Linguistics with a primary focus on academic conventions in articles published in a national journal in various languages (including Lithuanian and English) as compared to those published in a well-established international journal (solely in English). The trends of internationalisation are assessed with regard to the overall journal structure, publication languages, the degree of transnational cooperation, and the rhetorical structure of the papers. Based on the results, it is argued that in the field of Linguistics it is not so much the language that predetermines differences in the two journals, but the academic conventions that differ across cultures and publishing houses.

Abstract

The current chapter accounts for the trends of internationalisation in research papers in Linguistics with a primary focus on academic conventions in articles published in a national journal in various languages (including Lithuanian and English) as compared to those published in a well-established international journal (solely in English). The trends of internationalisation are assessed with regard to the overall journal structure, publication languages, the degree of transnational cooperation, and the rhetorical structure of the papers. Based on the results, it is argued that in the field of Linguistics it is not so much the language that predetermines differences in the two journals, but the academic conventions that differ across cultures and publishing houses.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I. Three-fold intercultural analysis
  6. Chapter 1. A contrastive (English, Czech English, Czech) study of rhetorical functions of citations in Linguistics research articles 15
  7. Chapter 2. How to internationalise and empower academic research? 39
  8. Chapter 3. The power of English 59
  9. Part II. Two-fold intercultural analysis
  10. Chapter 4. “This dissonance” 83
  11. Chapter 5. Asserting research status, values and relevance in thesis abstracts of Science and Engineering 105
  12. Chapter 6. Chinese writers of English RAs as creators of a research space in a national context 129
  13. Chapter 7. Conference abstracts in English 151
  14. Part III. Intercultural analysis on the move
  15. Chapter 8. Hybrid rhetorical structure in English Sociology research article abstracts 175
  16. Chapter 9. Epistemic stance and authorial presence in scientific research writing 195
  17. Chapter 10. Publishing in English 217
  18. Chapter 11. Not the same, but how different? 237
  19. Chapter 12. Evaluation in research article introductions in the Social Sciences written by English as a lingua franca and English native users 255
  20. Chapter 13. Exploring ELF manuscripts 277
  21. Afterword 299
  22. About the Authors 303
  23. Index 307
https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.18.02ruz

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I. Three-fold intercultural analysis
  6. Chapter 1. A contrastive (English, Czech English, Czech) study of rhetorical functions of citations in Linguistics research articles 15
  7. Chapter 2. How to internationalise and empower academic research? 39
  8. Chapter 3. The power of English 59
  9. Part II. Two-fold intercultural analysis
  10. Chapter 4. “This dissonance” 83
  11. Chapter 5. Asserting research status, values and relevance in thesis abstracts of Science and Engineering 105
  12. Chapter 6. Chinese writers of English RAs as creators of a research space in a national context 129
  13. Chapter 7. Conference abstracts in English 151
  14. Part III. Intercultural analysis on the move
  15. Chapter 8. Hybrid rhetorical structure in English Sociology research article abstracts 175
  16. Chapter 9. Epistemic stance and authorial presence in scientific research writing 195
  17. Chapter 10. Publishing in English 217
  18. Chapter 11. Not the same, but how different? 237
  19. Chapter 12. Evaluation in research article introductions in the Social Sciences written by English as a lingua franca and English native users 255
  20. Chapter 13. Exploring ELF manuscripts 277
  21. Afterword 299
  22. About the Authors 303
  23. Index 307
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