The construction of novelty in computer science papers
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Title: | The construction of novelty in computer science papers |
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Authors: | Luzón Marco, María José |
Keywords: | Discurso científico | Investigación científica | Publicaciones científicas | Estrategias comunicativas |
Issue Date: | Nov-2000 |
Publisher: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Inglesa |
Citation: | LUZÓN MARCO, María José. “The construction of novelty in computer science papers”. Revista alicantina de estudios ingleses. No. 13 (Nov. 2000). ISSN 0214-4808, pp. 123-140 |
Abstract: | Novelty is a concept of great importance in the writing of a research paper, given that the author has to persuade the audience of the news value of the reported research, which makes it worth publishing. In this paper I use a corpus of computer science papers to investigate how novelty is created in this discipline. I analyse how the author uses evaluation and lexical cohesion to integrate his/her research into the existing knowledge structure of the field. Evaluation in computer science papers is closely associated with the Problem-Solution pattern which structures most of the papers: authors claim that the technology they introduce is the best solution to a problem that they have previously identified. Lexical cohesion highlights the novelty of the research by establishing a semantic relation of contrast between the fragment of text reporting previous research in the field and that reporting the authors' own research. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/5336 | http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/raei.2000.13.10 |
ISSN: | 0214-4808 |
DOI: | 10.14198/raei.2000.13.10 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Appears in Collections: | Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses - 2000, No. 13 |
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