Academic Attribution: Citation and the Construction of Disciplinary Knowledge.

Hyland, Ken

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ERIC Number: EJ591408

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Academic Attribution: Citation and the Construction of Disciplinary Knowledge.

Hyland, Ken

Applied Linguistics, v20 n3 p341-67 Sep 1999

Based on analysis of a computer corpus of 80 research articles and interviews with experienced writers, this study investigates the contextual variability of citations in eight disciplines and suggests how textual conventions point to distinctions in ways knowledge is negotiated and confirmed within different academic communities. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Citations (References), Databases, Intellectual Disciplines, Interviews, Scholarly Journals, Text Structure, Verbs, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles

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Language: English

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