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<p>This paper explores stance complement clauses in the genre of academic discourse, analysing stance complement clauses controlled by verbs in economics research articles written in English by non-native writers. Following Biber’s taxonomy (2006) of common lexico-grammatical features used for stance analyses, the results of the study show that epistemic verbs of certainty and likelihood are an important means of communicating knowledge in this genre and thus, form an inseparable part of academic research writing. Moreover, the study seeks to analyse the contrast between <italic>stance to-infinitives</italic> and <italic>stance that-clauses</italic> in the studied corpus. While <italic>stance that-clauses</italic> relate mainly to the category of certainty; on the contrary, <italic>stance to-infinitive clauses</italic> are consciously or subconsciously chosen to lessen the risk of a face-threatening act and typically refer to writers’ sensory experience (e.g. verbs such as <italic>seem</italic>, <italic>appear</italic>, etc.). The findings suggest that research papers from the field of economics demonstrate a clear preference for factive verbs over non-factive verbs.</p>
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This paper explores stance complement clauses in the genre of academic discourse, analysing stance complement clauses controlled by verbs in economics research articles written in English by non-native writers. Following Biber’s taxonomy (2006) of common lexico-grammatical features used for stance analyses, the results of the study show that epistemic verbs of certainty and likelihood are an important means of communicating knowledge in this genre and thus, form an inseparable part of academic research writing. Moreover, the study seeks to analyse the contrast between stance to-infinitives and stance that-clauses in the studied corpus. While stance that-clauses relate mainly to the category of certainty; on the contrary, stance to-infinitive clauses are consciously or subconsciously chosen to lessen the risk of a face-threatening act and typically refer to writers’ sensory experience (e.g. verbs such as seem, appear, etc.). The findings suggest that research papers from the field of economics demonstrate a clear preference for factive verbs over non-factive verbs.

Stance complement clauses controlled by verbs in academic research papers

Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

Topics in Linguistics

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This paper explores stance complement clauses in the genre of academic discourse, analysing stance complement clauses controlled by verbs in economics research...

Stance complement clauses controlled by verbs in academic research papers

Publié en ligne: 17 juin 2021

Pages: 16 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2021-0002

Mots clés
academic discourse, research papers, stance complement clauses controlled by verbs, stance that-clauses, stance to-infinitive clauses, epistemic verbs

© 2021 Zuzana Kozáčiková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Stance complement clauses controlled by verbs in academic research papers

Publié en ligne: 17 juin 2021

Pages: 16 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2021-0002

Mots clésacademic discourse, research papers, stance complement clauses controlled by verbs, stance that-clauses, stance to-infinitive clauses, epistemic verbs

© 2021 Zuzana Kozáčiková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
academic discourse, research papers, stance complement clauses controlled by verbs, stance that-clauses, stance to-infinitive clauses, epistemic verbs