The function of questions in different medical journal genres

Webber, Pauline

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“…El AR es un género discursivo ampliamente leído y escrito en el área biomédica, tanto en el ám-bito académico e investigador como profesional (Webber, 1994). En Odontología, al igual que en Medicina, el AR es insustituible para los clínicos que desean mantenerse actualizados y aplicar los avances científicos en su práctica clínica, y para los científicos que no pueden acceder directamente a todas las fuentes originales (Morales, González & Tona, 2006).…”

Section: El Artículo De Revisión En Odontologíaunclassified

Interpretaciones de la atenuación en artículos de revisión de Odontología

Morales

Cassany

2008

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Resumen: Este trabajo analiza cómo interpretan la atenuación 25 estudiantes universitarios venezolanos de Odontología, de nuevo ingreso, al responder a dos cuestionarios luego de leer un artículo de revisión. En el primero, con preguntas abiertas, debían interpretar algunas expresiones atenuadas preseleccionadas; en el segundo, debían elegir entre varias interpretaciones cerradas de los mismos fragmentos. Clasificamos sus respuestas en las siguientes categorías: reconocimiento, supresión y aumento de la atenuación, en el primer cuestionario; identificación de aproximadores, escudos, deícticos y construcciones impersonales, en el segundo. En los resultados predomina la identificación de atenuadores asociados a la dimensión semántica: el 30% reconoció la atenuación tal como fue usada en el original, el 30% aumentó su valor y el 40% no la logró identificar. Los estudiantes identificaron con mayor frecuencia los aproximadores, a diferencia de los escudos, las construcciones impersonales y los deícticos temporales. Estos resultados sugieren que es necesario formar a los estudiantes en el uso especializado de las dimensiones pragmática y sociocognitiva de la atenuación, en cursos de lectura y escritura académica. Solo este conocimiento específico permitirá que los estudiantes dominen el discurso científico prototípico de la Odontología.Palabras Clave: Lectura, interpretación, atenuación, artículos de revisión. Interpretaciones Hedging interpretations in Dental review articlesAbstract: This paper analyzes how 25 Venezuelan Dental university fresh men students interpret hedging when answering two questionnaires after having read a Dental review article. In the first one, they should interpret hedged expressions; in the second one, they should choose among several closed interpretations of some hedged expressions. We organized the results in the following categories: From the first questionnaire, identification, suppression, and fertilization of hedges; from the second one, identification of approximators, shields, deictics and impersonal constructions. We found that the identification of hedges associated with the semantic dimension predominated. 30% recognized hedging as it was used in the original text, 30% fertilized hedging and 40% did not identify hedging devices at all. The students identified approximators more frequently, but they fail in identifying hedging expressed in shields, impersonal constructions or in temporary deictics. Since these students could not interpret the pragmatic and socio-cognitive dimensions of discourse associated with hedging, it is necessary to teach these devices in the academic reading and writing courses. The capacity to interpret and use hedging strategies will allow the students be more competent in using prototypical Dental scientific discourse.

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Section: El Artículo De Revisión En Odontologíaunclassified

Interpretaciones de la atenuación en artículos de revisión de Odontología

Morales

Cassany

2008

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“…With regard to the grammar, Hilary Glasman -Deal (2009) is of the view that Present Simple tense is used in Introduction Section of scientific research articles to state accepted facts and truths and in Method Section, Simple Past Passive is used, but in Result Section, Simple Past is used. Pauline (1994) states that interrogative gambit is a typical device used in scientific research journals. He found a large number of questions in letters, editorials scientific research articles as part of rhetorical device.…”

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Stylistic Features of Scientific English: A Study of Scientific Research Articles

Ahmad¹

2012

ELLS

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This study intends to explore what stylistic features characterize scientific English and make it different from any other language used in any other discipline. What are certain areas of language that are used more frequently in science than in non-science oriented language texts? This paper deals with the linguistic features concerning the application of vocabulary, grammar, discourse and style used in scientific English. A comparative analysis of literary and scientific language has been undertaken to make the nature and discourse of scientific English clearer. It was found that scientific use of English is marked with accuracy, precision and objective interpretation of facts and findings whereas literary language is subjective interpretation of life. Literary language contains literary impulse and represents the artist's inner self and his spontaneous overflow of feeling whereas scientific language represents universal truth and verifiable research findings. Scientific research papers drawn from Medical and Natural sciences were analyzed and it was found that frequent occurrence of Passive Voice in Method Section of scientific research articles makes scientific research findings impersonal and universal. Scientists use Passive Voice most often in order to get rid of personal whims and fancies. Many other features of scientific English such as nominalization and 'interrogative gambit' which occur frequently as unique discourse features in scientific research journals have also been taken into account in this study.

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“…The literature dealing with questions in academic writing and their functions (both practical guides to academic writing style, Study skills: Warwick web site, Hyper grammar web site, Mwansoko 2003), reference books and research articles on metadiscourse (Webber 1994, Chang and Swales 1999, Hyland 2001, Hyland 2002a, Ädel 2006) mention a variety of discourse functions, which sometimes overlap, although they are usually defined and specified in somewhat different terms.…”

Section: Pragmatic-functional Analysismentioning

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“…Although questions themselves have received considerable attention in the study of academic writing, both in their own right (Webber 1994, Hyland 2002a) and as one of the so-called dialogic features, engagement in particular (Frank 1990, Hyland 2001, 2005b, or as one type of directives (Hyland 2002b(Hyland , 2008, there have been relatively few studies of interrogatives that included languages other than English or comparative studies. Most importantly, there have been no studies so far of interrogatives in Serbian or English written by Serbian academic writers.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Interrogatives in English and Serbian Academic Discourse – A Contrastive Pragmatic Approach

Blagojević¹,

Ilić²

2012

BSE

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The paper presents the results of a corpus-based contrastive study of interrogatives in written academic discourse in English and Serbian. Three corpora were analyzed (articles written by English and Serbian authors in their mother tongues, and by Serbian writers in English) in order to establish the distribution and functions of interrogatives, with the special emphasis on possible transferring of writing habits from the authors' native written culture to the AngloAmerican one. The analyzed academic articles come from various social and hard sciences, in order both to establish cross-disciplinary variations and, more importantly, to depict some culture-based preferences in the use of interrogatives. Being rarely used as the request for information in academic articles, the interrogatives are viewed as indirect speech acts performing various interpersonal functions, such as drawing the readers' attention to a specific idea or result, announcing or giving comments on the proposition material, or establishing contact with the reader.

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The function of questions in different medical journal genres

Cited by 94 publications

References 2 publications

Interpretaciones de la atenuación en artículos de revisión de Odontología

Interpretaciones de la atenuación en artículos de revisión de Odontología

Stylistic Features of Scientific English: A Study of Scientific Research Articles

Interrogatives in English and Serbian Academic Discourse – A Contrastive Pragmatic Approach

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