Corpus-based Studies in Specialized Discourses

Corpus-based Studies in Specialized Discourses explores how language functions within professional and academic contexts. Through rigorous corpus-based research, it reveals unique linguistic features and rhetorical strategies across fields like medicine and engineering, offering valuable insights for scholars and educators.

This book illustrates the complex ways language operates within specific professional and academic contexts. Through a series of meticulously conducted corpus-based studies, the volume explores the unique linguistic features and rhetorical strategies that characterize specialized discourses across various fields, including medicine, engineering, and the humanities. It examines key aspects such as metadiscourse markers, rhetorical structures of research articles, and the customization of vocabulary tools to enhance language learning and professional communication. By revealing patterns and trends that traditional methods might overlook, this collection offers valuable insights for scholars, educators, and practitioners, making it an essential resource for understanding and improving communication within specialized domains.

Autorentext

Francisco Alonso-Almeida is Full Professor at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, specializing in Applied and Historical Linguistics, particularly in English studies. He has supervised numerous doctoral theses and focuses on discourse analysis, pragmatics, and both historical and contemporary English. He also designs and teaches courses on the history of English, pragmatics, and technical English. Begoña Bellés-Fortuño is Associate Professor at Universitat Jaume I, Spain, where she teaches specialized English to students in English Studies, Medicine, and Nursing. She directs the Interuniversity Institute of Modern Applied Languages (IULMA) and has conducted research at institutions in Sweden, Germany, and the UK. Her research interests include Discourse Analysis, particularly academic and medical discourse, and she leads a project on CLIL in the university classroom, emphasizing innovative teaching and research.

Inhalt

Table of contents - Introduction to Corpus-based Studies in Specialized Discourses - Rhetorical structure of research article introductions in two medical subfields - Metadiscourse patterns in research articles: Disciplinary and cross-cultural variations of engagement markers - Logical Metadiscursive Markers in Research Papers Written in English: A Corpus-based Approach - Lexical diversity and lexical density of metadiscourse devices in academic English papers on linguistics, engineering and medicine - Interactive metadiscourse markers in abstracts written by undergraduate students - Metadiscourse in classroom discourse: An analysis of interactive markers in CLIL seminars - Engagement markers in medical recipes: Evidence from G.U.L. MS Hunter 93 (T.4.10) - Customizing vocabulary software to reflect local and institutional English wordlists - The expression of disagreement of Chinese students in a foreign language: writing emails to their Spanish lecturer - Intensification and Euphemisms in American Opinion Articles about Weinstein's Accusations