Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgements a communities of practice perspective /
| Основен автор: | Peng, Hua. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Bern ; London :
Peter Lang,
℗♭2010.
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| Серия: |
Europaische Hochschulschriften. Angelsachsische Sprache und Literatur ;
Bd. 464. |
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Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgements : A Communities of Practice Perspective. |
Съдържание:
- Table of Contents; List of tables XIII; List of figures XV; CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1; 1.1. Introduction to the study 1; 1.2. Aims of the study 2; 1.3. Significance of the study 3; 1.4. Structure of the book 4; CHAPTER 2: Background to the study 5; 2.1. Introduction 5; 2.2. Social roles of acknowledgement texts 6; 2.2.1. Acknowledgements used as an audience engagement strategy 7; 2.2.2. Acknowledgements used as an embodiment of writers' self-awareness 11; 2.2.3. Acknowledgements used as a mirror of social reality 15; 2.3. Textual realizations of social roles of acknowledgement texts 19.
- 2.3.1. Generic structure 202.3.2. Sequence of acknowledgees 23; 2.3.3. Terms of address 25; 2.4. Studies of acknowledgements in China 32; 2.4.1. A brief history of acknowledgements written in Chinese 33; 2.4.2. Chinese journal editors' remarks on how to write acknowledgements 34; 2.4.3. Researchers' study of acknowledgement texts 34; 2.5. Summary 36; CHAPTER 3: Theoretical framework and research methodology 39; 3.1. Introduction 39; 3.2. Theoretical framework 39; 3.2.1. A communities of practice view 41; 3.2.2. Audience 44; 3.2.3. Politeness 46; 3.3. Research questions 49.
- 3.4. Research design 513.4.1. Method 51; 3.4.2. Sampling strategy 52; 3.4.3. Corpus and analysis 53; 3.4.4. Coding scheme 55; 3.4.5. Interview data and analysis 60; 3.5. Summary 62; CHAPTER 4: The Classic Chinese acknowledgements 63; 4.1. Introduction 63; 4.2. Background to Classic Chinese at Zhonghua University 63; 4.3. Generic structure of the Classic Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 66; 4.3.1. Moves in the Classic Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 66; 4.3.2. Steps in the Classic Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 76.
- 4.4. Sequence of acknowledgees in the Classic Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 784.5. Terms of address in the Classic Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 86; 4.5.1. Address terms for supervisors in the Classic Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 86; 4.5.2. shi-prefixed kinship terms in the Classic Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 87; 4.5.3. Address terms for family in the Classic Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 88; 4.5.4. Address terms used as a politeness strategy in the Classic Chinese PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 89; 4.6. Summary 93.
- CHAPTER 5: The Computer Science acknowledgements 955.1. Introduction 95; 5.2. Background to Computer Science at Zhonghua University 95; 5.3. Generic structure of the Computer Science PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 97; 5.3.1. Moves in the Computer Science PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 97; 5.3.2. Steps in the Computer Science PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 107; 5.4. Sequence of acknowledgees in the Computer Science PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 109; 5.5. Terms of address in the Computer Science PhD thesis acknowledgement texts 113.