Authorial Presence in English Academic Texts by Lehman, Iga -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright About the author(s)/editor(s) About the book This eBook can be cited Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Language, culture and identity

1.0 Introduction 1.1 Theories of and relations between text, discourse and genre

1.1.1 Theoretical approaches to text, discourse and genre 1.1.2 Relational connectedness between text, genre and discourse

1.2 Language use in specific cultural contexts 1.3 Theories of culture from a perspective of linguistic anthropology

1.3.1 Culture-nature opposition 1.3.2 Culture and socially constructed knowledge 1.3.3 Culture as a semiotic system 1.3.4 Culture as a system of participation and belonging

1.4 Towards an integrative view of second language writer identity: Selected theoretical and empirical approaches to identity studies

1.4.1 Identity and social positioning 1.4.2 Paradigmatic approaches to conceptualizations of identity 1.4.3 Discoursal identity 1.4.4 The rhetorical theory for authorial self-representation 1.4.5 Bilingual identity and discourse practices

1.4.5.1 Identity reconstruction of late bilinguals 1.4.5.2 Participation metaphor: A way to find affiliation and belonging

2 Written communication in a context-sensitive perspective

2.0 Introduction 2.1 Orality, literacy and cognition

2.1.1 The influence of orality and literacy on identity construction, thought processing, organization and expression 2.1.2 Differences in writing patterns constituted by cultural preferences for oral or written modes of expression

2.2 Writing as a semiotic media for the social construction of reality

2.2.1 The problem with meaning 2.2.2 The influence of semiotics on teaching literacy skills

2.3 Metadiscourse: Investigating writer-text-reader interaction

2.3.1 Metadiscourse in rhetoric 2.3.2 Metadiscourse in genres 2.3.3 Metadiscourse and culture 2.3.4 Metadiscourse across academic disciplines

3 The construction of authorial voice in student writing in English as a second language

3.0 Introduction 3.1 The use of lingua franca English in a globalized academic world 3.2 Cultural values that matter in academic communication and the concept of self

3.2.1 High-/low-context communication: Directness vs indirectness and face saving strategies

3.3 From contrastive rhetoric to intercultural rhetoric 3.4 Thirdspace pedagogy: Critical pedagogy of space for L2 writer identity construction

3.4.1 The theories of Thirdness and L2 literacy education

3.5 English academic essay

3.5.1 A brief history of English rhetoric and composition 3.5.2 What is required and expected

3.6 Genre approach to academic writing instruction

3.6.1 Needs/rights analysis and power relations 3.6.2 Genre-based grammatical competence and the teaching-learning cycle 3.6.3 Rhetorical consciousness-raising 3.6.4 Modes of discourse in the composition class: exposition, description and argumentation vs personal narration

4 The enquiry: A study of authorial presence in English academic texts across cultures and disciplines

4.0 Introduction 4.1 Theoretical approach

4.1.1 State-of-the-art 4.1.2 Methodological background

4.2 Research hypothesis and corpora 4.3 Overview of the study

4.3.1 Methodological and theoretical considerations for the design and implementation of the study 4.3.2 Assessing writing competence 4.3.3 Assessing voice

4.4 The methodology and procedure for data collection

4.4.1 Essay writing sessions 4.4.2 Questionnaires 4.4.3 Interviews 4.4.4 Rater training 4.4.5 Pilot study procedure 4.4.6 Rating session 4.4.7 Procedure

4.5 Data analysis

4.5.1 Quantitative analyses

4.5.1.1 Methods 4.5.1.2 Findings

4.5.2 Qualitative analyses

4.5.2.1 Imposed identities 4.5.2.2 Assumed identities 4.5.2.3 Negotiable identities

4.6 Conclusion

4.6.1 Findings

4.6.1.1 Implications for writer identity research and the practices of L2 writing 4.6.1.2 Implications for future research 4.6.1.3 Practical implications

Figures Tables Appendices

Appendix A: In-class writing prompt Appendix B: Guide for primary and multiple trait scoring Appendix C: Voice rubric Appendix D: Individual evaluation sheet Appendix E: Combined evaluation sheet Appendix F: Questionnaires Appendix G: Interviews Appendix H: Raw data

Bibliography Series index

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