Document Type : Review Article

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Assistant Professor of English Language Teaching, ٍEnglish Language Department, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran https://orcid.org.0000-0002-8705-9093

Abstract

This paper assumes that developing strong models of academic discourse analysis would not by itself guarantee researchers’ access to the realities of academic communication and that any development in the theory of academic discourse analysis should also be informed and equipped with developments in wider applied linguistics research methodology. The current paper proposes that the departure point of this dialogue between academic discourse theory and research methodology should be the concept of “triangulation”. While in applied linguistics research context, the concept has been defined as a research strategy aiming at developing diverse dimensions to approach the phenomena under investigation, I have argued that triangulation should be redefined and further operationalized in light of the realities of academic discourses and the very demands and desires of academic discourse researchers. To do so, a set of options including genre-based triangulation, culture-based triangulation, discipline-based triangulation, language-based triangulation, mode-based triangulation, time-based triangulation, expertise-based triangulation, analyst-based triangulation, corpus-based triangulation, and audience-based triangulation has been proposed.

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Article Title [Persian]

ما نیازمند افق های نو هستیم: در جستجوی گزینه هایی جهت سه‌سویه‌سازی مطالعات گفتمانهای آکادمیک

Author [Persian]

  • دکتر داود کوهی

استادیار آموزش زبان انگلیسی، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد مراغه، مراغه، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

مقاله حاضر بر این استدلال تاکید می­ورزد که ایجاد الگوهای جامع و کارآمد تحلیل گفتمان­های آکادمیک صرفا از طریق توسعه  نظریه­های گفتمان محور ممکن نیست و برای حصول به چنین چهارچوبی باید میان حوزه پژوهش گفتمان­های آکادمیک و حوزه گسترده­تر پژوهش در زبانشناسی کاربردی تعامل بیشتری صورت گیرد. به نظر محقق، این مکالمه مفهومی بین دو حوزه مذکور با تاکید بر مفهوم سه­سویه­سازی میسر خواهد شد. هر چند مفهوم سه­سویه­سازی در مطالعات زبانشناسی کاربردی به عنوان رهیافتی پژوهشی برای ایجاد امکان نگاهی چند بعدی به پدیده­ها مورد توجه قرار گرفته است، اما مولف بر این عقیده است که مفهوم مذکور نیازمند تعریف و عملیاتی­سازی دوباره در محیط مطالعات تحلیل گفتمان آکادمیک می­باشد. از این رو تلاش می­شود محصول این باز­تعریف و عملیاتی­سازی در قالب الگویی اولیه ارائه شود. به اعتقاد مولف، این الگو در صورت توجه به ویژگی­های ناظر بر واقعیتهای ارتباطات آکادمیک می­تواند زوایای جدیدی برای کشف ابعاد پیچیده گفتمان­های آکادمیک فراهم سازد.

Keywords [Persian]

  • گفتمان آکادمیک
  • تحلیل گفتمان آکادمیک
  • زبانشناسی کاربردی
  • رهیافت پزوهشی
  • سه سویه سازی
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