Introduction |
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Part 1 Perspectives on scientific community |
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7 | (42) |
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1.1 Scientific community in discourse perspective |
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7 | (8) |
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1.2 Alternative approaches to discourse community |
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15 | (6) |
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1.3 Scientific community in sociological perspective |
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21 | (6) |
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1.4 Typology of scientific communities |
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27 | (2) |
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1.5 Evolution of scientific communities |
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29 | (6) |
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1.5.1 Evolution and asymmetry |
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30 | (1) |
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1.5.2 Evolution and components of scientific community |
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31 | (4) |
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1.6 Communication in scientific communities |
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35 | (14) |
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1.6.1 Intra-group communication (communication within scientific communities) |
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42 | (2) |
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1.6.2 Inter-group communication (communication with non-members) |
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44 | (5) |
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Part 2 Scientific article: discourse perspective |
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49 | (56) |
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2.1 Scientific article as a core genre of scientific community |
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50 | (22) |
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2.1.1 History of scientific article |
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51 | (5) |
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2.1.2 Scientific article: structural and functional definitions |
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56 | (3) |
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2.1.3 Scientific article: pragmatic approach |
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59 | (3) |
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2.1.4 Scientific article: contributions of ethnopragmatics and contrastive rhetoric |
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62 | (10) |
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2.2 Discourse approach to scientific article |
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72 | (6) |
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2.2.1 Scientific article as text-in-context: discourse model |
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72 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Scientific article as a process: discourse model |
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74 | (2) |
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2.2.3 Cultural and disciplinary variation of scientific article |
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76 | (2) |
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2.3 Discourse dimensions of scientific article |
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78 | (15) |
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2.3.1 Paradigmatic dimension of scientific article |
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79 | (5) |
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2.3.2 Interpersonal dimension of scientific article |
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84 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Identifying, marketing and economic functions of scientific article |
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85 | (6) |
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2.3.4 Text dimension of scientific article |
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91 | (2) |
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2.4 Scientific article under globalization |
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93 | (12) |
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2.4.1 Language uniformity |
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94 | (4) |
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2.4.2 Scientific style homogenization |
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98 | (3) |
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2.4.3 Genre homogenization |
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101 | (1) |
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2.4.4 Relaxation of style and colonization of scientific discourse |
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102 | (3) |
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Part 3 Methodology and corpus |
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105 | (18) |
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105 | (1) |
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3.2 Limitations of previous research and relevance of the present study |
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106 | (2) |
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3.3 Claim-making and claim-challenging |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (11) |
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109 | (1) |
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3.4.2 Hedges -- Text dimension: research categories |
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110 | (6) |
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3.4.2.1 Accuracy-oriented hedges (reliability hedges) |
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116 | (1) |
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3.4.2.2 Writer-oriented hedges |
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117 | (1) |
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3.4.3 Author -- reader dialogicity -- Interpersonal dimension: research categories |
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117 | (1) |
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3.4.4 Self-promotion and other-depreciation -- Paradigmatic dimension: research categories |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (2) |
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Part 4 Empirical analysis |
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4.1 Text dimension: Hedges |
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123 | (51) |
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123 | (1) |
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4.1.1.1 Epistemic modality |
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123 | (5) |
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4.1.1.2 Judgmental speculative and evidential verbs |
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128 | (3) |
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4.1.1.3 Markers of the author's limited knowledge |
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131 | (14) |
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4.1.2 Writer-oriented hedges |
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145 | (1) |
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4.1.2.1 Research-related subjects ("abstract rhetors") |
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146 | (6) |
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4.1.2.2 References to other scholars to support the writer's own argumentation |
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152 | (8) |
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4.1.2.3 References to shared knowledge |
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160 | (14) |
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4.2 Interpersonal dimension: Author--audience dialogicity |
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174 | (42) |
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175 | (11) |
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186 | (17) |
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4.2.3 Second-person pronouns |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (10) |
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4.3 Self-promotional strategies |
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216 | (62) |
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4.3.1 First-person singular pronouns |
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216 | (17) |
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233 | (12) |
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4.3.3 Self-citing references |
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245 | (12) |
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4.3.4 Positive evaluation of the writer's own work |
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257 | (21) |
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278 | (43) |
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4.4.1 References to works which are challenged |
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288 | (7) |
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4.4.2 Negative evaluation of the works of other scholars |
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295 | (26) |
Conclusions |
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321 | (10) |
References |
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331 | (22) |
Appendix: The corpus |
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