Persuasion in Engineering Reports: Evaluative Resources and Targets in Practice

IF 1 Q2 LINGUISTICS

Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.22055/RALS.2021.17006

Claire Simpson-Smith

引用次数: 1

Abstract

This study investigates the use of the attitude system in engineering writing, including how attitude resources are deployed and what they target. The study analyses 10 professional engineering texts. Research suggests that professional engineering writing is largely an object-centred form of written communication, that is, focused on physical objects (Ding, 2001; McKenna, 1997). Engineering writing also has a persuasive purpose and an ‘objective’ style (Winsor, 2006), which can be challenging for novice engineering writers as it requires a command of evaluative language including an understanding of how and to what evaluation can be applied. Appraisal system offers an approach to understanding the use of evaluative language. Findings show that the valuation subtype of appreciation, a subsystem of attitude, is used in significant preference to all others. Physical objects and activities are the most commonly evaluated targets. These findings have implications for teaching writing to engineering students.

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工程报告中的说服:实践中的评价资源与目标

本研究调查了态度系统在工程写作中的使用，包括态度资源如何部署以及它们的目标是什么。该研究分析了10个专业工程文本。研究表明，专业工程写作在很大程度上是一种以对象为中心的书面交流形式，即关注物理对象(Ding, 2001;麦肯纳,1997)。工程写作也有一个有说服力的目的和“客观”的风格(温莎，2006)，这对新手工程作家来说可能是一个挑战，因为它需要掌握评估语言，包括理解如何以及如何应用评估。评价系统为理解评价性语言的使用提供了一种途径。研究结果表明，作为态度的一个子系统，升值的评估子类型显著优于其他所有子类型。物理对象和活动是最常用的评估目标。这些发现对工科学生的写作教学具有启示意义。

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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-

CiteScore

1.00

自引率

50.00%

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期刊介绍： The growth of Applied Linguistics as a separate discipline is a success story of the 1950s. The field has developed in many parts of the world and is clearly destined to continue developing well into the twenty-first century. Being concerned with pragmatically motivated study of language in social and cultural settings, Applied Linguistics brings together work in a wide array of fields, including linguistics, literary studies, history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and economics. The purpose of Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics is to contribute to the development of the field, reflect the breadth of work in Applied Linguistics, and enable readers to share in the exciting new developments that are taking place at the present time. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics (RALs) invites all Iranian and foreign linguists, applied linguists, and teaching practitioners to contribute to the journal by submitting papers under the following main headings: Applied Linguistics Literary Studies Translation Studies.