Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings / John M. Swales
01 Jan 1991-Vol. 1991, Iss: 1991, pp 1-99
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TL;DR: The authors compare similitud lexico-semantica entre two areas cientificas (ciencias biologicas and ciencias sociales) using a corpus of 675 articulos.
Abstract: Esta investigacion es un estudio comparativo de la relacion de similitud lexico-semantica entre tres variables textuales (palabras clave, resumen y el contenido de articulos de investigacion cientifica). Ademas, se comparan a partir de los valores de similitud lexico-semantica dos areas cientificas (ciencias biologicas y ciencias sociales). El estudio se realiza utilizando una muestra estratificada representativa correspondiente a 22 articulos de investigacion cientifica de ambas areas cientificas, incluidos en un corpus de 675 articulos cientificos. Para la determinacion de la similitud lexico-semantica entre las variables, se utiliza un metodo estadistico-computacional denominado Analisis Semantico Latente. Los resultados nos permiten establecer, por una parte, que en la muestra investigada el resumen macrosemantiza mejor el contenido semantico global del articulo que las palabras clave. Por otra parte, no se presentan diferencias significativas entre los promedios de similitud lexico-semantica entre las areas cientificas estudiadas. Estos resultados se explican en funcion de los complejos procesos de estandarizacion que tienden a homogeneizar la produccion cientifica
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TL;DR: A study of researchers' preferences in selecting information from cited papers to include in a literature review, and the kinds of transformations and editing applied to the selected information.
Abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to report a study of researchers' preferences in selecting information from cited papers to include in a literature review, and the kinds of transformations and editing applied to the selected information.Design/methodology/approach – This is a part of a larger project to develop an automatic summarization method that emulates human literature review writing behaviour. Research questions were: how are literature reviews written – where do authors select information from, what types of information do they select and how do they transform it? What is the relationship between styles of literature review (integrative and descriptive) and each of these variables (source sections, types of information and types of transformation)? The authors analysed the literature review sections of 20 articles from the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001‐2008, to answer these questions. Referencing sentences were mapped to 279 source papers to determine the s...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine variation in the study support experiences of a group of students on a taught master's program in the United Kingdom. And they conclude that the tensions and conflicts that arise through a lack of shared meanings and aspirations can serve as an indicator of the need for a common understanding of both the range of student profiles in higher education, and of what we mean by study support.
Abstract: This study seeks to examine variation in the study support experiences of a group of students on a taught master's programme in the United Kingdom. Whilst this offers a very specific UK focus, the article draws upon related work in Australian, American and African contexts on study support, academic development and academic literacy. A phenomenographic analysis is used in order to ascertain the variation in perceptions of study support within the postgraduate student group under study, and the resulting ‘outcome space’ is analysed with respect to current thinking about learner development. This study concludes with an examination of how the tensions and conflicts that arise through a lack of shared meanings and aspirations can serve as an indicator of the need for a common understanding of both the range of student profiles in higher education, and of what we mean by study support.
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TL;DR: This paper investigated the role of visual and verbal modes in destination image formation, with a focus on the 2009 ‘Malta, Gozo and Comino’ brochure issued by the Malta Tourism Authority.
Abstract: The scope of the paper is to investigate the role of visual and verbal modes in destination image formation, with a focus on the 2009 ‘Malta, Gozo and Comino’ brochure issued by the Malta Tourism Authority. Discussing brochures as pivotal genres within tourism communication [Antelmi, D., Held, G., & Santulli, F. (2007). Pragmatica della comunicazione turistica. Roma: Editori Riuniti; Calvi, M.V. (2010). Los generos discursivos en la lengua del turismo: Una propuesta de clasificaciœn. Iberica, 19, 9–32; Dann, G. (1996a). The language of tourism. A sociolinguistic perspective. Oxford: CAB International; Francesconi, S. (2007). English for tourism promotion: Italy in British tourism texts. Milano: Hoepli], attention will be paid to specific multimodal framing of the ideational, interpersonal and textual functions [Halliday, M.A.K. (1978). Language as social semiotics. London: Edward Arnold; Halliday, M.A.K., & Hasan, R. (1985). Language, context and text: Aspects of language in a social-semiotic perspective....
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TL;DR: The concept of purposeful metaphor as mentioned in this paper is proposed as an alternative to "deliberate metaphor" (Steen, 2008) in providing a theory of metaphor in discourse and communication.
Abstract: The concept of ‘purposeful metaphor’ is proposed as an alternative to ‘deliberate metaphor’ (Steen, 2008) in providing a theory of metaphor in discourse and communication. The case for ‘purposeful metaphor’ is framed within a discussion of intentionality in a murder trial. It is argued that ‘deliberateness’ originates in epistemologies based in language use, but is not valid for epistemologies that distinguish between conscious and unconscious thought process; in literary studies it is known as the ‘intentional fallacy’. However, considerations of intention are relevant in critical metaphor analysis that seeks insight into the social and political motivation of metaphor. Insights from Speech Act Theory and rhetorical theory suggest that ‘deliberate metaphor’ could be modified to ‘purposeful metaphor’ because we conceptualise ‘purpose’ in terms of a SOURCE (or idea), a PATH (or rhetorical plan) to realise a GOAL (or rhetorical outcome). ‘Purposeful metaphor’ therefore integrates the source (or idea behind) path, (or rhetorical plan), and goal, (or rhetorical outcome) of metaphor, while ‘deliberate metaphor’ only profiles its inception. Illustrations are given of how ‘purposeful metaphor’ contributes to an explanation of metaphor use in political and legal discourse, and other persuasive genres. Linguistic evidence for purposefulness is in the interaction between textually complex use of metaphor and contextual features such as political purpose or describing medical conditions.
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