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Article: Bringing in the reader: Addressee features in academic articles
Title | Bringing in the reader: Addressee features in academic articles |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2001 |
Publisher | Sage Publications, Inc.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200767 |
Citation | Written Communication, 2001, v. 18 n. 4, p. 549-574 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Much of the literature concerning participant relationships in academic writing has discussed features that project the stance, identity, or credibility of the writer, rather than examining how writers engage with readers. In contrast, this article focuses on strategies that presuppose the active role of addressees, examining six key ways that writers seek explicitly to establish the presence of their readers in the discourse. Based on an analysis of 240 published research articles from eight disciplines and insider informant interviews, the author examines the dialogic nature of persuasion in research writing through the ways writers (a) address readers directly using inclusive or second person pronouns and interjections and (b) position them with questions, directives, and references to shared knowledge. The analysis underlines the importance of audience engagement in academic argument and provides insights into how the discoursal preferences of disciplinary communities rhetorically construct readers. © 2001 Sage Publications. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/130144 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.752 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Hyland, K | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-12-23T08:47:31Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-12-23T08:47:31Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Written Communication, 2001, v. 18 n. 4, p. 549-574 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0741-0883 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/130144 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Much of the literature concerning participant relationships in academic writing has discussed features that project the stance, identity, or credibility of the writer, rather than examining how writers engage with readers. In contrast, this article focuses on strategies that presuppose the active role of addressees, examining six key ways that writers seek explicitly to establish the presence of their readers in the discourse. Based on an analysis of 240 published research articles from eight disciplines and insider informant interviews, the author examines the dialogic nature of persuasion in research writing through the ways writers (a) address readers directly using inclusive or second person pronouns and interjections and (b) position them with questions, directives, and references to shared knowledge. The analysis underlines the importance of audience engagement in academic argument and provides insights into how the discoursal preferences of disciplinary communities rhetorically construct readers. © 2001 Sage Publications. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications, Inc.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200767 | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Written Communication | en_HK |
dc.title | Bringing in the reader: Addressee features in academic articles | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Hyland, K:khyland@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Hyland, K=rp01133 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0741088301018004005 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0344842205 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-0344842205&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 18 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 549 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 574 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1552-8472 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000176974400005 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0741-0883 | - |