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In:Advances in Corpus-based Research on Academic Writing: Effects of discipline, register, and writer expertise
Edited by Ute Römer-Barron, Viviana Cortes and Eric Friginal
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 95] 2020
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A corpus-based exploration of constructions in written academic English as a lingua franca

 | Georgia State University
 | Georgia State University
Published online: 20 February 2020
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Abstract
With English being the global language of research, academic English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research has gained wide recognition. While early research showcased the dynamic nature of spoken academic ELF, written academic ELF, a more recent focus of research, remains to be under-studied. However, not only are there known differences between speaking and writing, writing is also the dominant mode of reporting new research in academia. Situated within usage-based Construction Grammar (CxG), the present study aims to identify constructions in written academic ELF in comparison to American academic writing. Our methodological approach, which combined a key word analysis with systematic explorations of fixed and variable phraseological items in a corpus of ELF academic writing, leads to the identification of constructions that are characteristic of written academic ELF.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Literature review
    • 2.1A brief overview of written academic ELF research
    • 2.2Corpus-based phraseology and Construction Grammar
    • 2.3The current study
  • 3.Data and method
    • 3.1Corpora used
      • 3.1.1The ELF corpus: WrELFA
      • 3.1.2The ENL reference corpus: COCA Academic
    • 3.2Analysis
      • 3.2.1Making a case for the ‘key function words to constructions’ approach
      • 3.2.2Analytical steps for the identification of constructions
  • 4.Results
    • 4.1KFW exploration 1: Of
    • 4.2KFW exploration 2: In
    • 4.3Construction candidates with KFWs in and of
    • 4.4KFW exploration 3: On
  • 5.Discussion and conclusion
    • 5.1Core constructions of written academic ELF
    • 5.2Limitations and future directions
  • Note
  • References
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