Chapter 3. Multivoiced interaction in English and Italian academic review discourse
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Giuliana Diani
Abstract
The study presented in this chapter is based on an analysis of historical book review articles in English and Italian and investigates the way the genre across national academic cultures represents the typical discursive procedures through the activity of the reviewer and of other voices in the texts. The analysis reveals interesting linguistic features which can shed light on the dialogic and argumentative dimension of the genre under examination. As a result of the analysis carried out, it emerges that both English and Italian historical book review articles are characterised by a plurality of textual voices involved in argumentative dialogue with the reviewer – reviewed book author, discourse community, reader. These voices are powerfully active in the interaction and become the reviewer’s partners in a scientific ‘conversation’.
Abstract
The study presented in this chapter is based on an analysis of historical book review articles in English and Italian and investigates the way the genre across national academic cultures represents the typical discursive procedures through the activity of the reviewer and of other voices in the texts. The analysis reveals interesting linguistic features which can shed light on the dialogic and argumentative dimension of the genre under examination. As a result of the analysis carried out, it emerges that both English and Italian historical book review articles are characterised by a plurality of textual voices involved in argumentative dialogue with the reviewer – reviewed book author, discourse community, reader. These voices are powerfully active in the interaction and become the reviewer’s partners in a scientific ‘conversation’.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Foreword ix
- Introductory chapter 1
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PART 1. Authorial stance and the construction of readership
- Chapter 1. Academic voices and claims 23
- Chapter 2. The role of authorial voice in professional and non-professional reviews of films 55
- Chapter 3. Multivoiced interaction in English and Italian academic review discourse 87
- Chapter 4. From ‘Readers may be left wondering’ to I’m genuinely puzzled’ 113
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PART 2. Dynamic dialogic interactions
- Chapter 5. Dialogic voices of writers and readers in traveller forums through interpersonality 137
- Chapter 6. A corpus-based study of the discursive creation of a child consumer identity in official tourist information websites vs. opinion forums 165
- Chapter 7. Interactions with readers through online specialised genres 189
- Conclusion 209
- Author index 221
- Subject index 225
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Foreword ix
- Introductory chapter 1
-
PART 1. Authorial stance and the construction of readership
- Chapter 1. Academic voices and claims 23
- Chapter 2. The role of authorial voice in professional and non-professional reviews of films 55
- Chapter 3. Multivoiced interaction in English and Italian academic review discourse 87
- Chapter 4. From ‘Readers may be left wondering’ to I’m genuinely puzzled’ 113
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PART 2. Dynamic dialogic interactions
- Chapter 5. Dialogic voices of writers and readers in traveller forums through interpersonality 137
- Chapter 6. A corpus-based study of the discursive creation of a child consumer identity in official tourist information websites vs. opinion forums 165
- Chapter 7. Interactions with readers through online specialised genres 189
- Conclusion 209
- Author index 221
- Subject index 225
