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Corpus Analysis Of Engagement Discourse Strategies In Academic Presentations, Carolina Viera, Serena A.P. Williams
Corpus Analysis Of Engagement Discourse Strategies In Academic Presentations, Carolina Viera, Serena A.P. Williams
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Text analysis informed by Genre Theory (Hyon 1996) and methods in Corpus Linguistics provide the opportunity to describe language patterns that exist not only at the individual level but also in discourse communities. In this study, we investigate the discourse strategies used by novice and expert members of the academic United States (US) Spanishspeaking community to engage their audience, construct interpersonal meaning, and position themselves as expert speakers. We analyze two corpora: a specialized corpus of 32 conference presentations delivered by professors and doctoral students of Hispanic Studies, and a learner corpus of 24 in-class presentations to describe discourse patterning …