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Volume 53, Issue -, Pages 60-73Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2018.09.003
Keywords
Self-mention; Intercultural rhetoric; Academic discourse; Rhetorical functions; Hedging; Boosting
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- Scientific Grant Agency VEGA, Slovakia [1/0099/16]
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Self-mention in academic writing has been studied extensively, especially from the point of view of rhetorical functions. In this paper I argue that rhetorical functions represent only one dimension of self-mention. Adding the dimensions of grammatical forms and of hedging and boosting, I propose a three-dimensional model of self-mention. I then employ the model in the analysis of three types of writing in the field of linguistics - Ll English, Ll Slovak (a typologically different language), and L2 English writing by Slovak authors. The study shows that authors employ various degrees of the three dimensions of self-mention to meet expectations of their readers while maintaining a balanced power of self-mention. The results suggest that some, but not all, discourse practices related to self-mention might be transferred to 12 English from one's Ll. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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