A corpus-based exploration of constructions in written academic English as a lingua franca
Studies in Corpus Linguistics, vol.95, pp.59-88, 2020 (Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Abstract
- Volume: 95
- Publication Date: 2020
- Doi Number: 10.1075/scl.95.03yil
- Journal Name: Studies in Corpus Linguistics
- Journal Indexes: Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.59-88
- TED University Affiliated: No
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.