From text to corpus A contrastive analysis of first person pronouns in economics article introductions in English and French

Shirley Carter-Thomas, Angela Chambers

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Abstract

This contrastive study focuses on the functions of first person subject pronouns in economics article introductions in French and English. It combines a qualitative analysis of the way the pronouns are used within a typical CARS (Create a Research Space) -type introduction (Swales 1990, 2004) with a more quantitative concordance-based analysis of the varying authorial roles played by the pronouns and their distribution within the different rhetorical moves of the introductions. The text-to-corpus approach adopted gives rise to a number of recommendations concerning the combinations of discourse analysis and corpus investigation for teaching purposes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCorpus-Informed Research and Learning in ESP. Issues and applications
EditorsAlex Boulton, Shirley Carter-Thomas, Elizabeth Rowley-Jolivet
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages17-42
Number of pages26
ISBN (Electronic)9789027273949
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Publication series

NameStudies in Corpus Linguistics
Volume52
ISSN (Print)1388-0373

Keywords

  • Authorial roles
  • CARS move model
  • Corpora
  • Economics research article introductions
  • English-French contrastive analysis
  • First person pronouns
  • Language learning

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