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Chapter 12. Evaluation in research article introductions in the Social Sciences written by English as a lingua franca and English native users

  • Enrique Lafuente-Millán
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Intercultural Perspectives on Research Writing
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Abstract

The present paper investigates cultural and linguistic differences in the use of evaluation in Research Article (RA) introductions in the Social Sciences. To do this a corpus of published RA introductions written by English as a Native Language (ENL) researchers was compared with a corpus of introductions extracted from RAs manuscripts written by English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) users as part of the Sci-ELF corpus. The texts were analysed manually and several parameters of evaluation were identified, which made the classification of evaluative acts possible. The results revealed introductions by ELF writers do not comply with the CARS structure and show peculiar rhetorical and evaluative features which diverge from the Anglo-Saxon rhetorical patterns typically used by ENL writers.

Abstract

The present paper investigates cultural and linguistic differences in the use of evaluation in Research Article (RA) introductions in the Social Sciences. To do this a corpus of published RA introductions written by English as a Native Language (ENL) researchers was compared with a corpus of introductions extracted from RAs manuscripts written by English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) users as part of the Sci-ELF corpus. The texts were analysed manually and several parameters of evaluation were identified, which made the classification of evaluative acts possible. The results revealed introductions by ELF writers do not comply with the CARS structure and show peculiar rhetorical and evaluative features which diverge from the Anglo-Saxon rhetorical patterns typically used by ENL writers.

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.18.12laf

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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