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000079310 1001_ $$aVentura Rubio, Arantxa
000079310 24500 $$aMapping the status and functions of English for research publication purposes in the biomedical field: Text-linguistic, ethnomethodological and ethnographic perspectives
000079310 260__ $$aZaragoza$$bUniversidad de Zaragoza, Prensas de la Universidad$$c2018
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000079310 4900_ $$aTesis de la Universidad de Zaragoza$$v2019-76$$x2254-7606
000079310 500__ $$aPresentado: 15 02 2018
000079310 502__ $$aTesis-Univ. Zaragoza, Filología Inglesa y Alemana, 2018$$bZaragoza, Universidad de Zaragoza$$c2018
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000079310 520__ $$aThe main aim of this PhD was to contribute to the examination of the role and functions of English as an international scientific language in Spain, and as the world language of scientific communication. It draws on three interrelated methodological approaches: a textual analysis (both at a rhetorical level and at a phraseological level) of texts aiming at disseminating new knowledge; an ethnomethodological analysis of scientists’ perceptions and attitudes towards English and towards writing in English as an additional language; and an ethnographic analysis of spaces, materials, and texts deployed by a small community of scientists in order to access, share and disseminate scientific knowledge. It was initially hypothesised that the triangulation of the three datasets would contribute with a multi-perspective view of English for research communication purposes in the biomedical field. Results support previous EAP work in the field of biomedicine and in other disciplinary domains. The analysis of a specialized corpus compiled for the present study showed that research writing draws of standardized conventions for information organization. Broadly, all the texts analysed adhered to the prototypical macrostructural organization for empirical research articles described by Swales (1990, 2004), although minor variations were also observed with regards the original IMRD Swalesian structure. Turning to writing practices, the interview data provided further evidence, added to those of others, of the spread of English as an international research language and the ensuing the language challenges that writing in English as an additional language poses to researchers from non-Anglophone linguacultural backgrounds. Ethnographic observation of the workspaces confirmed that both professional and research-oriented genres are the main means researchers draw upon to access, exchange and disseminate scientific knowledge. I finally conclude with some critical reflections deriving from the triangulation of the three datasets (texts, perceptions of writing practices and contexts in which such practices are carried out) and assess the role and status of English and the multiple factors affecting research writing with a view to providing both pedagogical and lifelong learning orientations. <br />
000079310 521__ $$97066$$aPrograma de Doctorado en Estudios Ingleses
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000079310 6531_ $$aenseñanza de lenguas
000079310 6531_ $$alengua y literatura
000079310 700__ $$aPerez Llantada Auria, Carmen$$edir.
000079310 7102_ $$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bFilología Inglesa y Alemana
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