Naslov (srp)

Engagement resources in academic discourse: ǂa ǂstudy of ELT and ESP research article abstracts

Autor

Ilić, Katarina M., 1988-

Doprinosi

Stojičić, Violeta, 1973-
Paunović, Tatjana, 1964-
Đurpvić, Tatjana, 1965-

Opis (srp)

Academic writing serves not only to communicate research findingsbut also to position the writer within a specific social and disciplinarycontext. Grounded in this perspective, the present study exploresacademic discourse as dialogic in nature, focusing on how authorsconstruct evaluative stance and engage with the academic community.Drawing on Appraisal Theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics,particularly the Engagement subsystem (Martin & White, 2005), thestudy examines the use of heteroglossic expressions in research articleabstracts. The analysis aims to uncover how writers manage dialogicspace through strategies of dialogic contraction and expansion,thereby shaping interpersonal meaning. The sample comprises 200research article abstracts—100 from the field of English LanguageTeaching (ELT) and 100 from English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Amixed-methods approach is employed, combining corpus-basedquantitative analysis using UAM CorpusTool with qualitativeinterpretation. The study follows a threefold structure: (1) analysis ofEngagement resources across the entire sample, (2) examination oftheir distribution across rhetorical moves, and (3) comparison of ELTand ESP sub-samples. Findings indicate a relatively balanced use ofdialogic contraction and expansion overall, with a slight preferencefor expansion (51.2%). The second approach provides a detailedanalysis of how the frequency and function of specific Engagementstrategies vary across rhetorical moves. Comparative analysisrevealed marginally higher use of expansion in ELT and contractionin ESP, with statistically significant differences in only three of thenine strategies examined. This study contributes to the understandingof interpersonal language use in academic writing and holdspedagogical implications for teaching academic writing, particularlyin the fields of ELT and ESP.

Opis (srp)

Bibliografija: str. 224-235 Datum odbrane: 20.01.2026. Linguistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics

Jezik

srpski

Datum

2025

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