Cross-cultural aspects of academic discourse

Vol.38,No.2(2012)

Maurizio Gotti

https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2012-2-4

Stable URL (handle):
http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/126943

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Abstract
This paper investigates cross-cultural aspects of academic discourse, exploring the complex nature of its realisations. Indeed, academic discourse is not at all uniform but varies according to a host of factors, such as language competence, local culture, disciplinary field, community membership, professional expertise and generic conventions. The data presented in this paper originate from a research project on Identity and Culture in Academic Discourse carried out by CERLIS, the research centre on specialised discourse based at the University of Bergamo. In this project special attention has been given to the relationship between socioculturally-oriented identity factors and textual variation in English academic discourse, focusing in particular on the identification of identity traits typical of different branches of learning. The data presented here show that the (native or non-native) Anglophone textual realisations taken into consideration are clearly influenced by their authors' cultural allegiance to their linguistic, professional, social, or national reference groups.

Keywords:
academic discourse; cross-cultural aspects; journal editorials; book reviews; research articles

Pages:
59–78
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