"Small Bits of Textual Material": A Discourse Analysis of Swales' Writing

Autor/in	Hyland, Ken
Titel	"Small Bits of Textual Material": A Discourse Analysis of Swales' Writing
Quelle	In: English for Specific Purposes, 27 (2008) 2, S.143-160 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-4906
DOI	10.1016/j.esp.2006.10.005
Schlagwörter	Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Writing (Composition); English for Special Purposes; Literary Styles; Computational Linguistics; Comparative Analysis; Rhetoric; Audience Awareness; Authors; Language Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Diskursanalyse; Schreibübung; Literarischer Stil; Computerlinguistik; Rhetorik; Author; Autor; Autorin; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur
Abstract	Despite his considerable influence on the development of ESP and all our professional lives, almost nothing has been written about John Swales' distinctive prose style. Based on a 340,000 word corpus comprising 14 single-authored papers and most chapters from his three main books, this paper sets out to identify the main features of this style. Using frequency, keyword and concordance analyses, I compare the Swales' corpus with a broader applied linguistics corpus of 710,000 words and identify self mention, hedging and attitude, reader engagement and considerateness as characteristic of Swalesian rhetoric. I conclude with the view that this is a disciplinary voice informed by a keen assessment of his readers and representing an independent creativity shaped by an accountability to shared practices. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10