Project information
Intercultural variation in writer-reader interaction in English-medium academic discourse by Czech and Anglophone novice writers
- Project Identification
- GA21-12150S
- Project Period
- 1/2021 - 1/2023
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Czech Science Foundation
- Standard Projects
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Education
The objective of the project is to provide a comparative analysis of writer-reader interaction in
Czech and British novice writers’ English-medium academic discourse. Writer-reader interaction
is one of the dimensions of academic discourse marked by most significant intercultural
variation. As a result of globalization Czech novice writers have to produce high-standard
academic texts in English, yet their English-medium discourse is clearly underresearched. This
study will approach writer-reader interaction in Czech novice writer’s discourse from a corpusbased, intercultural rhetoric and discourse analytic perspective focusing on interactional and
interpersonal metadiscourse. The analysis will strive to identify variation in the use of
metadiscourse markers in Czech and Anglophone students’ discourse and to explain the social,
rhetorical and linguistic reasons for existing differences. The project outcomes (2 Jimp, 5 Jsc, 1
book chapter) will deepen our understanding of intercultural variation in writer-reader interaction
and can be used in the educational and professional domains.
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Publications
Total number of publications: 18
2022
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Frame markers in Master’s theses written by Czech university students in English (L2)
Year: 2022, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Glossing an argument: Reformulation and exemplification in L2 Master’s theses
Topics in Linguistics, year: 2022, volume: 23, edition: 2, DOI
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Variation in the use of boosters across academic cultures, genres and levels of expertise
Year: 2022, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Variation in the use of hedges across academic cultures, genres and levels of expertise
Year: 2022, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Writer-reader interaction in academic discourse across genres, cultures and modalities
Year: 2022, type:
2021
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Citation practices in L2 learner academic discourse: Form, function and stance of citations in Czech university students Master’s theses
Year: 2021, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Interkulturní variace v interakci mezi autorem a čtenářem v anglickém akademickém diskurzu českých studentů a rodilých mluvčích angličtiny
Year: 2021, type:
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Metadiscourse as a means of persuasion in research articles: Cross-disciplinary and intercultural variation
Year: 2021, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings