EXPRESSION OF STANCE AND ENGAGEMENT IN SPOKEN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
EXPRESSION OF STANCE AND ENGAGEMENT IN SPOKEN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE IN THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
Author(s): Valerija DrozdovaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: institutional context; tertiary education; English as a medium of instruction; academic lecture genre, characteristic features of spoken academic discourse; stance and audience engagement;
Summary/Abstract: The use of English as a medium of instruction in universities to work with international and domestic students in Latvia is a current trend and deserves considerable attention. The present article shows the results of a study of the academic lectures in the institutional context. Theoretical findings include definitions of genre and discourse; description of a lecture as a separate academic genre and peculiarities of spoken academic discourse, including lecturer's self-mention, expression of opinion (stance) and audience engagement. The article presents study of the examples of extracts from the corpus of academic discourse and their descriptive analysis, as well as provides tables of lexico-grammatical features used to express stance and engagement.
Journal: Limbaj si context, revista internationala de lingvistica, semiotica si stiinta literara
- Issue Year: 1/2022
- Issue No: XIV
- Page Range: 25-41
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
