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How do we make ourselves heard in the writing of a research article? A study of authorial references in four disciplines
Australian Journal of Linguistics ( IF 0.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-02 , DOI: 10.1080/07268602.2020.1753011
Mohsen Khedri 1 , Konstantinos Kritsis 1
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ABSTRACT This study examined the use of personal (exclusive first-person plural pronouns) and impersonal (abstract rhetors, periphrastic passives and it-clauses) authorial references in a corpus of 160 research articles in applied linguistics, psychology, environmental engineering and chemistry. The aim was to see if personal and impersonal authorial references, as realized by the rhetorical options chosen, are predisposed to differences across disciplinary rhetorical cultures. The results indicated disciplinary variations in both the frequency and use of personal and impersonal authorial references, especially when the disciplines were compared for contrasting effects. While the applied linguistics and psychology writers favoured the use of exclusive first-person plural pronouns to construct their authorial persona, the environmental engineering and chemistry writers preferred a more detached interpersonal style by opting predominantly for periphrastic passives. Also, the results showed differences in the incidence of use of personal and impersonal authorial references across discourse functions, which could be attributed to the adoption of different interpersonal strategies within the disciplines. The present results are expected to extend our understanding of disciplinary variations towards the use of authorial references in tandem with discourse functions in research articles in the selected disciplines, particularly in the relatively unexplored disciplines of chemistry and environmental engineering.

中文翻译:

我们如何在撰写研究文章时让自己被听到?四个学科的作者参考文献研究

摘要 本研究在应用语言学、心理学、环境工程和化学领域的 160 篇研究文章的语料库中检查了人称(排他性第一人称复数代词)和非人称(抽象修辞、外围被动句和 it 子句)作者参考文献的使用。目的是看看个人和非个人的作者参考,如所选择的修辞选项所实现的那样,是否倾向于跨学科修辞文化的差异。结果表明,在个人和非个人作者参考文献的频率和使用方面存在学科差异,尤其是在比较学科的对比效果时。虽然应用语言学和心理学作家喜欢使用排他性的第一人称复数代词来构建他们的作者角色,环境工程和化学作家更喜欢一种更超然的人际交往方式,主要选择周围被动语态。此外,结果显示在不同话语功能中使用个人和非个人作者参考的发生率存在差异,这可能归因于学科内采用了不同的人际交往策略。目前的结果有望将我们对学科差异的理解扩展到在所选学科的研究文章中,特别是在相对未开发的化学和环境工程学科中,使用作者参考文献与话语功能相结合。结果表明,跨话语功能使用个人和非个人作者参考的发生率存在差异,这可能归因于学科内采用了不同的人际交往策略。目前的结果有望将我们对学科差异的理解扩展到在所选学科的研究文章中,特别是在相对未开发的化学和环境工程学科中,使用作者参考文献与话语功能相结合。结果表明,跨话语功能使用个人和非个人作者参考的发生率存在差异,这可能归因于学科内采用了不同的人际交往策略。目前的结果有望将我们对学科差异的理解扩展到在所选学科的研究文章中,特别是在相对未开发的化学和环境工程学科中,使用作者参考文献与话语功能相结合。
更新日期:2020-04-02
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