Article: 'The leading journal in its field': evaluation in journal descriptions

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Title'The leading journal in its field': evaluation in journal descriptions
AuthorsHyland, K1
Tse, P2
KeywordsAcademic discourse
Evaluation
Genre analysis
Journal description
Moves
Promotion
Issue Date2009
PublisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105520
CitationDiscourse Studies, 2009, v. 11 n. 6, p. 703-720 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461445609347234
AbstractEvaluation, as the expression of a writer's attitudes, opinions and values, has become a key term in discourse studies in recent years and has proved to be a particularly fruitful way of analysing academic texts. But while studies have shown the importance of evaluation in research genres, its role in seemingly more promotional academic genres has been largely neglected. This article examines the journal description (JD), a brief but ubiquitous feature of all journals, whether online or in print. Situated at the academic-commercial interface, the JD provides information for prospective readers and authors while endorsing a particular view of the field and positioning the journal in the academic community. Drawing on a corpus of 200 JDs in four contrasting disciplines, we show how evaluation is a key feature of this genre, influencing both lexical choices and rhetorical structure. The analysis contributes both to our understanding of a neglected academic genre and the evaluative resources of language. © 2009 SAGE Publications.
ISSN1461-4456
2011 Impact Factor: 0.787
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.031
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461445609347234
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dc.contributor.authorHyland, K
dc.contributor.authorTse, P
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-23T08:47:37Z
dc.date.available2010-12-23T08:47:37Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractEvaluation, as the expression of a writer's attitudes, opinions and values, has become a key term in discourse studies in recent years and has proved to be a particularly fruitful way of analysing academic texts. But while studies have shown the importance of evaluation in research genres, its role in seemingly more promotional academic genres has been largely neglected. This article examines the journal description (JD), a brief but ubiquitous feature of all journals, whether online or in print. Situated at the academic-commercial interface, the JD provides information for prospective readers and authors while endorsing a particular view of the field and positioning the journal in the academic community. Drawing on a corpus of 200 JDs in four contrasting disciplines, we show how evaluation is a key feature of this genre, influencing both lexical choices and rhetorical structure. The analysis contributes both to our understanding of a neglected academic genre and the evaluative resources of language. © 2009 SAGE Publications.
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dc.identifier.citationDiscourse Studies, 2009, v. 11 n. 6, p. 703-720 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461445609347234
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461445609347234
dc.identifier.epage720
dc.identifier.hkuros177324
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000272469600004
dc.identifier.issn1461-4456
2011 Impact Factor: 0.787
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.031
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.openurl
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-71649101770
dc.identifier.spage703
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/130180
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105520
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofDiscourse Studies
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.rightsDiscourse Studies. Copyright © Sage Publications Ltd.
dc.subjectAcademic discourse
dc.subjectEvaluation
dc.subjectGenre analysis
dc.subjectJournal description
dc.subjectMoves
dc.subjectPromotion
dc.title'The leading journal in its field': evaluation in journal descriptions
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong
  2. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology