ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN WESTERN RESEARCH AT THE TURN OF THE 21 st CENTURY: EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS

This review paper discusses the concept of academic discourse as one of the most rapidly developing branches in contemporary linguistic research. The objective of the review was to observe and analyze basic paradigms and approaches to academic discourse in applied linguistics, genre analysis an...

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Main Author: Anna O. Stebletsova
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Language:English
Published: Volgograd State University 2020-12-01
Series:Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
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description This review paper discusses the concept of academic discourse as one of the most rapidly developing branches in contemporary linguistic research. The objective of the review was to observe and analyze basic paradigms and approaches to academic discourse in applied linguistics, genre analysis and discourse analysis developed by British, American and European linguists and examine academic discourse issues. The timeline of the review includes three periods from the middle of the 20 th century to the present. The focus on the Anglophone literature is determined by the historical interrelation between academic discourse research and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and by an increase of national research of academic discourse and EAP. The review demonstrates evolution of academic discourse research approaches according to the time periods and domineering concepts. The review results demonstrate the contribution of Swales’ genre analysis approach to the development of academic discourse research and learning. The author indicates that current research into academic discourse obviously has a cross-disciplinary trend and is based on the combination of comparative analysis and corpus linguistics methods. The author makes a conclusion that this trend will remain a significant part of academic discourse investigation and results in an increase of national publications addressing the academic discourse issues.
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spelling doaj.art-ea3e847517a543579aff8d2bbb981a7e2023-06-28T15:54:17ZengVolgograd State UniversityVestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie1998-99112409-19792020-12-0119551310.15688/jvolsu2.2020.5.1ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN WESTERN RESEARCH AT THE TURN OF THE 21 st CENTURY: EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES AND CONCEPTSAnna O. Stebletsova0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4682-4887Voronezh N.N. Burdenko State Medical University, Voronezh, RussiaThis review paper discusses the concept of academic discourse as one of the most rapidly developing branches in contemporary linguistic research. The objective of the review was to observe and analyze basic paradigms and approaches to academic discourse in applied linguistics, genre analysis and discourse analysis developed by British, American and European linguists and examine academic discourse issues. The timeline of the review includes three periods from the middle of the 20 th century to the present. The focus on the Anglophone literature is determined by the historical interrelation between academic discourse research and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and by an increase of national research of academic discourse and EAP. The review demonstrates evolution of academic discourse research approaches according to the time periods and domineering concepts. The review results demonstrate the contribution of Swales’ genre analysis approach to the development of academic discourse research and learning. The author indicates that current research into academic discourse obviously has a cross-disciplinary trend and is based on the combination of comparative analysis and corpus linguistics methods. The author makes a conclusion that this trend will remain a significant part of academic discourse investigation and results in an increase of national publications addressing the academic discourse issues.https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/650-science-journal-of-volsu-linguistics-2020-vol-19-no-5/mainstream-issue/2103-stebletsova-a-o-academic-discourse-in-western-research-at-the-turn-of-the-21-st-century-evolution-of-approaches-and-conceptsdiscourseacademic discourseenglish for academic purposes (eap)genre analysis approachdisciplinary variation concept
spellingShingle Anna O. Stebletsova
ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN WESTERN RESEARCH AT THE TURN OF THE 21 st CENTURY: EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS
Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
discourse
academic discourse
english for academic purposes (eap)
genre analysis approach
disciplinary variation concept
title ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN WESTERN RESEARCH AT THE TURN OF THE 21 st CENTURY: EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS
title_full ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN WESTERN RESEARCH AT THE TURN OF THE 21 st CENTURY: EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS
title_fullStr ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN WESTERN RESEARCH AT THE TURN OF THE 21 st CENTURY: EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS
title_full_unstemmed ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN WESTERN RESEARCH AT THE TURN OF THE 21 st CENTURY: EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS
title_short ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN WESTERN RESEARCH AT THE TURN OF THE 21 st CENTURY: EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS
title_sort academic discourse in western research at the turn of the 21 st century evolution of approaches and concepts
topic discourse
academic discourse
english for academic purposes (eap)
genre analysis approach
disciplinary variation concept
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