Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Academic Discourse

A considerable amount of research has already established that academic writing is an interactive accomplishment, the success of which largely depends on appropriate writer-reader relationship. Yet, the nature of this relationship has been the subject of few studies. Also scarce are the stud...

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Main Author: Hüseyin Kafes
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Language:English
Published: Selcuk University Press 2022-12-01
Series:Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:https://sefad.selcuk.edu.tr/index.php/sefad/article/view/1550/1141
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description A considerable amount of research has already established that academic writing is an interactive accomplishment, the success of which largely depends on appropriate writer-reader relationship. Yet, the nature of this relationship has been the subject of few studies. Also scarce are the studies on how academic writers address the needs of their readers and so, through elaboration, manage their interactions with them. Drawing on a corpus of 68 research articles (RAs) from the field of applied linguistics, this study explores how experienced writers (EWs) and novice writers (NWs) elaborate their ideas in their RAs to address their readers’ needs, and in so doing, manage their relations with them. Analysis of the corpus revealed that reformulation and exemplification, complex features of academic writing, serve important rhetorical functions. The results also show that these two groups of writers manage writer-reader relationship differently, differing in the type, number, (un)even distribution, and use of code glosses. These results are discussed, and pedagogical implications are offered.
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spelling doaj-art-337069cb7ea0499596ad647ab6ff9e852025-02-03T01:06:02ZengSelcuk University PressSelçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi1300-49212458-908X2022-12-0148537210.21497/sefad.1218358Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Academic DiscourseHüseyin KafesA considerable amount of research has already established that academic writing is an interactive accomplishment, the success of which largely depends on appropriate writer-reader relationship. Yet, the nature of this relationship has been the subject of few studies. Also scarce are the studies on how academic writers address the needs of their readers and so, through elaboration, manage their interactions with them. Drawing on a corpus of 68 research articles (RAs) from the field of applied linguistics, this study explores how experienced writers (EWs) and novice writers (NWs) elaborate their ideas in their RAs to address their readers’ needs, and in so doing, manage their relations with them. Analysis of the corpus revealed that reformulation and exemplification, complex features of academic writing, serve important rhetorical functions. The results also show that these two groups of writers manage writer-reader relationship differently, differing in the type, number, (un)even distribution, and use of code glosses. These results are discussed, and pedagogical implications are offered. https://sefad.selcuk.edu.tr/index.php/sefad/article/view/1550/1141academic discourseacademic writingcode glossesreformulationexemplification
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Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Academic Discourse
Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
academic discourse
academic writing
code glosses
reformulation
exemplification
title Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Academic Discourse
title_full Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Academic Discourse
title_fullStr Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Academic Discourse
title_full_unstemmed Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Academic Discourse
title_short Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Academic Discourse
title_sort communicative functions of code glosses in academic discourse
topic academic discourse
academic writing
code glosses
reformulation
exemplification
url https://sefad.selcuk.edu.tr/index.php/sefad/article/view/1550/1141
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