L2 English Student Writers’ Authorial Presence in Research Articles: The Interplay of Linguistic and Cultural Factors

• 발행기관: 이화여자대학교 교과교육연구소
• 저자명: Choi, Yeon Hee
• 간행물 정보: 『교과교육학연구』제26권 제1호, 92~110쪽, 전체 19쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.02.28

영문 초록

This study is designed to examine to what extent L2 English (L2E) student writers of research articles (RAs) project their authorial presence explicitly or implicitly in entire texts or by RA sections compared to L1 English (L1E) and L1 Korean (L1K) academics with an aim to explore what factors trigger their use of personal and impersonal authorial references. The study constructed an L2E corpus of applied linguistics single-authored RAs published by Korean postgraduates and two reference corpora, an L1E and L1K corpus of RAs written by expert writers. For the study, a corpus-based quantitative analysis was conducted on the frequency and use pattern of two types of explicit and personal authorial references (first person singular and plural pronouns) and two types of implicit authorial references (third-person NPs and inanimate NPs). The results of the study reveal Korean L2E student writers’ use pattern of implicit authorial references shared with L1E and L1K academics, such as predominant use of inanimate NPs, particularly in the discussion and method sections, and more use of third-person NPs in the method section. Yet they also shed lights on L2E student writers’ salient underuse of explicitly personal authorial references, first-person singular pronouns, similar to L1K academics but contrary to L1E academics, which demonstrates the strong impact of their L1 linguistic and cultural background over RA language-related factors, as a transfer of L1 culture-based rhetorical norms is denoted.

목차

I. Introduction

II. Previous Studies on Authorial References

III. Research Methodology

IV. Results and Discussion

키워드

Authorial presence Authorial reference Research articles L2 English Cross-cultural Cross-linguistic