Email this article SUBJECT VERBALIZATION IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE
- Authors: Krapivkina O.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk
- Issue: No 4 (2015)
- Pages: 121-124
- Section: Гуманитарные науки
- URL: https://vektornaukitech.ru/jour/article/view/338
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18323/2073-5073-2015-4-121-124
- ID: 338
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The paper researches linguistic units used to verbalize the author in academic discourse. It is a case study of 40 academic papers (10,000–12,000 words in each) in Humanities published in English- and Russian-language journals. The paper distinguishes between three discourse roles of the speaking subject in academic discourse: a researcher, an opinion-holder, and a representative. The paper also compares the frequency with which the linguistic units are used to represent the subject in English and Russian texts. The analysis shows that the Russian authors prefer representing their roles with the first-person plural pronoun as well as implying themselves in subjectless constructions. In English papers, the subject can be verbalized with the first-person singular pronoun, but the most frequent marker is the personified point of view construction. We conclude that the implication of the speaking subject in order to give objective tone to the discourse is typical of both English and Russian papers. The article applies quantitative and qualitative methods, and a comparative analysis. The research is of practical value for the Russian authors who should adhere to all the standards of the English-speaking academic community when preparing their papers for English-language journals.
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Olga Aleksandrovna Krapivkina
Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk
Author for correspondence.
Email: koa1504@mail.ru
Associate Professor, assistant professor of Foreign Languages Department
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