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Papers by Larissa D'Angelo

In this paper we provide an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlight ... more In this paper we provide an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlight new research discourses emerging from the field. We trace the category back to its critical and theoretical origins, examining the three 'waves' that have configured it over the last four decades. We investigate how metadiscourse has evolved and the reasons why it continues fascinating researchers in professional and academic fields in a variety of disciplines and domains. We then focus on the fact that, as communication moves online and a variety of genres become digitalised, researchers active in metadiscourse are increasingly concerned with digital communication and are accordingly questioning (or adapting) well-established methodologies, but also proposing new and much-needed perspectives on reflexivity. The field is undoubtedly in a flux and new and interesting approaches and eclectic frameworks are emerging, which merit consideration.

Ibérica, 2021

In this paper we provide an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlight ... more In this paper we provide an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlight new research discourses emerging from the field. We trace the category back to its critical and theoretical origins, examining the three 'waves' that have configured it over the last four decades. We investigate how metadiscourse has evolved and the reasons why it continues fascinating researchers in professional and academic fields in a variety of disciplines and domains. We then focus on the fact that, as communication moves online and a variety of genres become digitalised, researchers active in metadiscourse are increasingly concerned with digital communication and are accordingly questioning (or adapting) well-established methodologies, but also proposing new and much-needed perspectives on reflexivity. The field is undoubtedly in a flux and new and interesting approaches and eclectic frameworks are emerging, which merit consideration.

Metadiscourse in Digital Communication New Research, Approaches and Methodologies "This book comb... more Metadiscourse in Digital Communication New Research, Approaches and Methodologies "This book combines a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to metadiscourse and offers new conceptual tools and frameworks for analysing written, spoken and multimodal discourse. The studies included in the volume draw on data collected from different contexts of digital communication, offering new perspectives on the role of metadiscourse in building and maintaining interaction between individuals and within different communities. Importantly, the studies included here are not restricted to academic and professional domains, as several authors explore new research avenues, such as communication on social media platforms."

Lingue e Linguaggi, 2018

Numerous studies have, over the years, confirmed that academic discourses have unique features re... more Numerous studies have, over the years, confirmed that academic discourses have unique features revolving around the concept of ‘community’ (Hartley 2006; Hyland 1998, 2001, 2004; Swales 2004; Thompson 2001), revealing that authors belonging to different disciplinary fields display different writing techniques and are urged early on in their academic career to conform to discipline-specific conventions and genre-specific rules. Continuing a cross-disciplinary research on the academic poster genre (D’Angelo 2016), I seek here to highlight significant differences regarding word count, the layout of posters, as well as discipline-specific patterns concerning the use of textual interactive and interactional metadiscourse resources and visual interactive resources. The framework of analysis, drawn in part from Kress (2010) and Kress and van Leeuwen’s (2001, 2002, 2006) visual analyses, will be applied to academic posters produced within the disciplines of Applied Linguistics, Medicine, Ec...

This collection of essays focuses on the interface of three key terms in today’s linguistic, semi... more This collection of essays focuses on the interface of three key terms in today’s linguistic, semiotic and cultural framework: academic language, metadiscourse and digital communication. Specifically, it investigates dynamics of knowledge production and dissemination in international academia, by looking at recently established pure screen genres, as well as at the increasing digitalization of traditional genres

Linguistic insights, 2008

This chapter describes the creation of a corpus of texts selected from various academic journals ... more This chapter describes the creation of a corpus of texts selected from various academic journals in four different disciplinary contexts. Such corpus is part of a more general project funded by the Italian Ministry of Research and coordinated by the University of Bergamo and is meant to facilitate the investigation of identity traits typical of different branches of English specialised discourse. More specifically, the study seeks to investigate to what extent the cultural allegiance of (native or non-native) Anglophone discourse communities to their (linguistic, professional, social, national) reference group is affected by the use of English as a lingua franca of international communication. This chapter will concentrate on the criteria followed in the construction of such a specialised digital corpus and will discuss some critical aspects pertaining to the corpus design, the collection and classification of texts according to their genre, the gathering of ethnographic data on the...

Language Value, 2018

Since the late 1990s, Microsoft PowerPoint has become the expected presentation genre. However, s... more Since the late 1990s, Microsoft PowerPoint has become the expected presentation genre. However, several studies have demonstrated its many faults, such as the pre-formatted construction of discourse leading to the abuse of bullet point presentations, the limited format and size of slides that support minimum content and the ever-present risk of overwhelming viewers with too much text or data (

Cross-disciplinary studies of academic genres are a rich source of information on the social prac... more Cross-disciplinary studies of academic genres are a rich source of information on the social practices of researchers. The concept of ‘community’ is particularly useful to account for how genres are produced, received and responded to by individuals acting as members of social groups. The present paper reports on a preliminary analysis of the main textual and visual elements of conference posters in different disciplines. In particular, it describes which communicative strategies are favoured, which are allowed and, finally, which should be known to aspiring authors seeking admission to the academic community. For this purpose, a corpus of 60 posters belonging to the disciplines of Psychology, Law and Physics was assembled and investigated both textually and visually, applying an analytical framework (D’Angelo 2010b) based on Hyland’s (2000) approach to metadiscourse and Kress and van Leeuwen’s (1998, 2001) analysis of visual content in the media.

There is plenty of informative material on the production and presentation of academic posters. T... more There is plenty of informative material on the production and presentation of academic posters. Tips for first-time poster presenters can easily be found online, in an informal easy-to-read style, very much resembling that of poster sessions. More sophisticated how-to tips and techniques are also available, along with discussions on how to use posters for professional development in the workplace or as a teaching and evaluation device within university courses. In recent years several disciplines have developed new ways to facilitate poster presentations and discussions using projections followed by two-three minute oral presentations, online sessions, digital interactive poster presentations, virtual science fairs and tele-conferencing. The present paper offers an overview and discussion of the literature available on academic posters, highlighting the positive as well as the negative aspects of this genre. It also seeks to describe how posters are changing/evolving through technol...

Within ESP, much attention has been given to the ‘open genre network’ (Swales & Feak 2000: 8) of ... more Within ESP, much attention has been given to the ‘open genre network’ (Swales & Feak 2000: 8) of academic writing, which comprises the most public and visible research genres. In particular, researchers have investigated journal articles, abstracts, dissertations, and conference proposals; other genres, such as conference poster presentations, have instead received little if any attention. The aim of the present paper is to suggest an analytical framework capable of highlighting the communicative purposes, reader-oriented strategies, and visual-linguistic interaction employed in the multimodal genre of academic posters. Borrowing from Hyland’s (2000) theoretical approach to metadiscourse interpretation and from Kress and van Leeuwen’s (1998, 2001) visual analyses, a new framework is suggested and exemplified using an academic poster recently presented at an international conference of applied linguistics.

Linguistic insights, 2012

The present work wants to explore the linguistic and intercultural issues translators have to ove... more The present work wants to explore the linguistic and intercultural issues translators have to overcome when translating for young adults. Because of the differences in age and intellectual progress of young adult readers, a broad range of literary products have been considered and a short introduction to the history as well as the characteristics of YAL is provided in the first part of the book. In the second part, through an analysis of 3 case studies, a number of issues and challenges commonly encountered while translating YAL novels are addressed. The focus is on the translation of dialects and slangs, the translation of fantasy names and finally, the many issues encountered in the translation of Cultural Specific Items.

This collection of essays focuses on the interface of three key terms in today’s linguistic, semi... more This collection of essays focuses on the interface of three key terms in today’s linguistic, semiotic and cultural framework: academic language, metadiscourse and digital communication. Specifically, it investigates dynamics of knowledge production and dissemination in international academia, by looking at recently established pure screen genres, as well as at the increasing digitalization of traditional genres

Linguistica E Filologia, 2008

Nonostante la ricerca sul discorso accademico abbia stabilito che esso non é uniforme ma varia se... more Nonostante la ricerca sul discorso accademico abbia stabilito che esso non é uniforme ma varia secondo le convenzioni disciplinari, il background culturale e professionale e le esperienze degli autori (Crammond 1998; Hyland 2000; Hyland / Bondi 2006; Mauranen 1993; Silver 2006), l'influenza del genere sul discorso accademico é ancora poco esplorata. Benché alcuni studi abbiano sottolineato le differenze stilistiche ed interazionali nei testi prodotti da uomini e donne (Kirsch 1993, Tannen 1994, Herring et al. 1995), in pochi hanno investigato la potenziale influenza del genere nel discorso accademico, considerando il genere insieme alle culture disciplinari, prendendo in esame le interazioni accademiche (Tse / Hyland 2006). Inoltre, le differenze di stile e di posizione tra i due generi sono raramente state discusse tenendo in considerazione l'età, l'esperienza e l'autorità dello scrittore, in una determinate disciplina. In questo articolo analizzerò quindi l'uso che i recensori uomini e donne fanno delle risorse interattive (transitions, frame markers, endophoric markers, evidentials, code glosses) ed interazionali (hedges, boosters, attitude markers, engagement markers, self mentions) in quattro diverse discipline, prendendo anche in considerazione le possibili variabili dovute all'età, all'esperienza ed all'autorità dell'autore. Il materiale utilizzato per questa analisi proviene da quattro subcorpora del CADIS (Corpus of Academic Discourse), per un totale di 400 recensioni scritte in inglese da autori maschi e femmine.

Law, Culture and Visual Studies, 2013

In the present-day globalisation of trade and commerce, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) – in... more In the present-day globalisation of trade and commerce, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) – in the forms of arbitration, conciliation and mediation – has been increasingly seen as an efficient, economical and effective alternative to litigation for settling commercial and other disputes. The advent of computer technologies, and of Internet in particular, has promoted procedures to resolve disputes totally, or partly, online. This new phenomenon is known under the acronym of ‘ODR’ (online dispute resolution). In particular, ODR instruments have proved to respond positively to the needs of medium-small disputes, such as those in B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) transactions over the Internet. Besides being the easiest and most innovative way of resolving problems deriving from transactions generated on the World Wide Web, ODR is also becoming popular in the resolution of off-line disputes. The reason is that the online dispute resolution service is simple and easy to carry out as it allows users to cancel time and space barriers, offering them the possibility to communicate easily.

Metadiscourse in Digital Communication

This introduction provides an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highligh... more This introduction provides an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlights new research discourses emerging from the field. It starts by explaining how metadiscourse has evolved in the past 20 years and the reasons why it continues to fascinate researchers in professional and academic fields in a variety of disciplines and domains. It then focuses on the fact that as communication moves online and a variety of genres become digitalised, researchers active in metadiscourse are increasingly concerned with digital communication and are questioning or adapting well-established methodologies but also proposing new and much-needed perspectives on reflexivity. The field is undoubtedly in a flux, and new and interesting approaches and eclectic frameworks are emerging, some of which are contained in this very volume. The introduction ends with a brief presentation of the chapters that follow.

In this paper we provide an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlight ... more In this paper we provide an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlight new research discourses emerging from the field. We trace the category back to its critical and theoretical origins, examining the three 'waves' that have configured it over the last four decades. We investigate how metadiscourse has evolved and the reasons why it continues fascinating researchers in professional and academic fields in a variety of disciplines and domains. We then focus on the fact that, as communication moves online and a variety of genres become digitalised, researchers active in metadiscourse are increasingly concerned with digital communication and are accordingly questioning (or adapting) well-established methodologies, but also proposing new and much-needed perspectives on reflexivity. The field is undoubtedly in a flux and new and interesting approaches and eclectic frameworks are emerging, which merit consideration.

Ibérica, 2021

In this paper we provide an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlight ... more In this paper we provide an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlight new research discourses emerging from the field. We trace the category back to its critical and theoretical origins, examining the three 'waves' that have configured it over the last four decades. We investigate how metadiscourse has evolved and the reasons why it continues fascinating researchers in professional and academic fields in a variety of disciplines and domains. We then focus on the fact that, as communication moves online and a variety of genres become digitalised, researchers active in metadiscourse are increasingly concerned with digital communication and are accordingly questioning (or adapting) well-established methodologies, but also proposing new and much-needed perspectives on reflexivity. The field is undoubtedly in a flux and new and interesting approaches and eclectic frameworks are emerging, which merit consideration.

Metadiscourse in Digital Communication New Research, Approaches and Methodologies "This book comb... more Metadiscourse in Digital Communication New Research, Approaches and Methodologies "This book combines a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to metadiscourse and offers new conceptual tools and frameworks for analysing written, spoken and multimodal discourse. The studies included in the volume draw on data collected from different contexts of digital communication, offering new perspectives on the role of metadiscourse in building and maintaining interaction between individuals and within different communities. Importantly, the studies included here are not restricted to academic and professional domains, as several authors explore new research avenues, such as communication on social media platforms."

Lingue e Linguaggi, 2018

Numerous studies have, over the years, confirmed that academic discourses have unique features re... more Numerous studies have, over the years, confirmed that academic discourses have unique features revolving around the concept of ‘community’ (Hartley 2006; Hyland 1998, 2001, 2004; Swales 2004; Thompson 2001), revealing that authors belonging to different disciplinary fields display different writing techniques and are urged early on in their academic career to conform to discipline-specific conventions and genre-specific rules. Continuing a cross-disciplinary research on the academic poster genre (D’Angelo 2016), I seek here to highlight significant differences regarding word count, the layout of posters, as well as discipline-specific patterns concerning the use of textual interactive and interactional metadiscourse resources and visual interactive resources. The framework of analysis, drawn in part from Kress (2010) and Kress and van Leeuwen’s (2001, 2002, 2006) visual analyses, will be applied to academic posters produced within the disciplines of Applied Linguistics, Medicine, Ec...

This collection of essays focuses on the interface of three key terms in today’s linguistic, semi... more This collection of essays focuses on the interface of three key terms in today’s linguistic, semiotic and cultural framework: academic language, metadiscourse and digital communication. Specifically, it investigates dynamics of knowledge production and dissemination in international academia, by looking at recently established pure screen genres, as well as at the increasing digitalization of traditional genres

Linguistic insights, 2008

This chapter describes the creation of a corpus of texts selected from various academic journals ... more This chapter describes the creation of a corpus of texts selected from various academic journals in four different disciplinary contexts. Such corpus is part of a more general project funded by the Italian Ministry of Research and coordinated by the University of Bergamo and is meant to facilitate the investigation of identity traits typical of different branches of English specialised discourse. More specifically, the study seeks to investigate to what extent the cultural allegiance of (native or non-native) Anglophone discourse communities to their (linguistic, professional, social, national) reference group is affected by the use of English as a lingua franca of international communication. This chapter will concentrate on the criteria followed in the construction of such a specialised digital corpus and will discuss some critical aspects pertaining to the corpus design, the collection and classification of texts according to their genre, the gathering of ethnographic data on the...

Language Value, 2018

Since the late 1990s, Microsoft PowerPoint has become the expected presentation genre. However, s... more Since the late 1990s, Microsoft PowerPoint has become the expected presentation genre. However, several studies have demonstrated its many faults, such as the pre-formatted construction of discourse leading to the abuse of bullet point presentations, the limited format and size of slides that support minimum content and the ever-present risk of overwhelming viewers with too much text or data (

Cross-disciplinary studies of academic genres are a rich source of information on the social prac... more Cross-disciplinary studies of academic genres are a rich source of information on the social practices of researchers. The concept of ‘community’ is particularly useful to account for how genres are produced, received and responded to by individuals acting as members of social groups. The present paper reports on a preliminary analysis of the main textual and visual elements of conference posters in different disciplines. In particular, it describes which communicative strategies are favoured, which are allowed and, finally, which should be known to aspiring authors seeking admission to the academic community. For this purpose, a corpus of 60 posters belonging to the disciplines of Psychology, Law and Physics was assembled and investigated both textually and visually, applying an analytical framework (D’Angelo 2010b) based on Hyland’s (2000) approach to metadiscourse and Kress and van Leeuwen’s (1998, 2001) analysis of visual content in the media.

There is plenty of informative material on the production and presentation of academic posters. T... more There is plenty of informative material on the production and presentation of academic posters. Tips for first-time poster presenters can easily be found online, in an informal easy-to-read style, very much resembling that of poster sessions. More sophisticated how-to tips and techniques are also available, along with discussions on how to use posters for professional development in the workplace or as a teaching and evaluation device within university courses. In recent years several disciplines have developed new ways to facilitate poster presentations and discussions using projections followed by two-three minute oral presentations, online sessions, digital interactive poster presentations, virtual science fairs and tele-conferencing. The present paper offers an overview and discussion of the literature available on academic posters, highlighting the positive as well as the negative aspects of this genre. It also seeks to describe how posters are changing/evolving through technol...

Within ESP, much attention has been given to the ‘open genre network’ (Swales & Feak 2000: 8) of ... more Within ESP, much attention has been given to the ‘open genre network’ (Swales & Feak 2000: 8) of academic writing, which comprises the most public and visible research genres. In particular, researchers have investigated journal articles, abstracts, dissertations, and conference proposals; other genres, such as conference poster presentations, have instead received little if any attention. The aim of the present paper is to suggest an analytical framework capable of highlighting the communicative purposes, reader-oriented strategies, and visual-linguistic interaction employed in the multimodal genre of academic posters. Borrowing from Hyland’s (2000) theoretical approach to metadiscourse interpretation and from Kress and van Leeuwen’s (1998, 2001) visual analyses, a new framework is suggested and exemplified using an academic poster recently presented at an international conference of applied linguistics.

Linguistic insights, 2012

The present work wants to explore the linguistic and intercultural issues translators have to ove... more The present work wants to explore the linguistic and intercultural issues translators have to overcome when translating for young adults. Because of the differences in age and intellectual progress of young adult readers, a broad range of literary products have been considered and a short introduction to the history as well as the characteristics of YAL is provided in the first part of the book. In the second part, through an analysis of 3 case studies, a number of issues and challenges commonly encountered while translating YAL novels are addressed. The focus is on the translation of dialects and slangs, the translation of fantasy names and finally, the many issues encountered in the translation of Cultural Specific Items.

This collection of essays focuses on the interface of three key terms in today’s linguistic, semi... more This collection of essays focuses on the interface of three key terms in today’s linguistic, semiotic and cultural framework: academic language, metadiscourse and digital communication. Specifically, it investigates dynamics of knowledge production and dissemination in international academia, by looking at recently established pure screen genres, as well as at the increasing digitalization of traditional genres

Linguistica E Filologia, 2008

Nonostante la ricerca sul discorso accademico abbia stabilito che esso non é uniforme ma varia se... more Nonostante la ricerca sul discorso accademico abbia stabilito che esso non é uniforme ma varia secondo le convenzioni disciplinari, il background culturale e professionale e le esperienze degli autori (Crammond 1998; Hyland 2000; Hyland / Bondi 2006; Mauranen 1993; Silver 2006), l'influenza del genere sul discorso accademico é ancora poco esplorata. Benché alcuni studi abbiano sottolineato le differenze stilistiche ed interazionali nei testi prodotti da uomini e donne (Kirsch 1993, Tannen 1994, Herring et al. 1995), in pochi hanno investigato la potenziale influenza del genere nel discorso accademico, considerando il genere insieme alle culture disciplinari, prendendo in esame le interazioni accademiche (Tse / Hyland 2006). Inoltre, le differenze di stile e di posizione tra i due generi sono raramente state discusse tenendo in considerazione l'età, l'esperienza e l'autorità dello scrittore, in una determinate disciplina. In questo articolo analizzerò quindi l'uso che i recensori uomini e donne fanno delle risorse interattive (transitions, frame markers, endophoric markers, evidentials, code glosses) ed interazionali (hedges, boosters, attitude markers, engagement markers, self mentions) in quattro diverse discipline, prendendo anche in considerazione le possibili variabili dovute all'età, all'esperienza ed all'autorità dell'autore. Il materiale utilizzato per questa analisi proviene da quattro subcorpora del CADIS (Corpus of Academic Discourse), per un totale di 400 recensioni scritte in inglese da autori maschi e femmine.

Law, Culture and Visual Studies, 2013

In the present-day globalisation of trade and commerce, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) – in... more In the present-day globalisation of trade and commerce, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) – in the forms of arbitration, conciliation and mediation – has been increasingly seen as an efficient, economical and effective alternative to litigation for settling commercial and other disputes. The advent of computer technologies, and of Internet in particular, has promoted procedures to resolve disputes totally, or partly, online. This new phenomenon is known under the acronym of ‘ODR’ (online dispute resolution). In particular, ODR instruments have proved to respond positively to the needs of medium-small disputes, such as those in B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) transactions over the Internet. Besides being the easiest and most innovative way of resolving problems deriving from transactions generated on the World Wide Web, ODR is also becoming popular in the resolution of off-line disputes. The reason is that the online dispute resolution service is simple and easy to carry out as it allows users to cancel time and space barriers, offering them the possibility to communicate easily.

Metadiscourse in Digital Communication

This introduction provides an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highligh... more This introduction provides an overview of past and current research on metadiscourse and highlights new research discourses emerging from the field. It starts by explaining how metadiscourse has evolved in the past 20 years and the reasons why it continues to fascinate researchers in professional and academic fields in a variety of disciplines and domains. It then focuses on the fact that as communication moves online and a variety of genres become digitalised, researchers active in metadiscourse are increasingly concerned with digital communication and are questioning or adapting well-established methodologies but also proposing new and much-needed perspectives on reflexivity. The field is undoubtedly in a flux, and new and interesting approaches and eclectic frameworks are emerging, some of which are contained in this very volume. The introduction ends with a brief presentation of the chapters that follow.

Metadiscourse In Digital Communication, 2021

This book combines a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to metadiscourse and offe... more This book combines a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to metadiscourse and offers new conceptual tools and frameworks for analysing written, spoken and multimodal discourse. The studies included in the volume draw on data collected from different contexts of digital communication, offering new perspectives on the role of metadiscourse in building and maintaining interaction between individuals and within different communities. Importantly, the studies included here are not restricted to academic and professional domains, as several authors explore new research avenues, such as communication on social media platforms."

This volume presents a cross-disciplinary analysis of academic poster presentations, taking into ... more This volume presents a cross-disciplinary analysis of academic poster presentations, taking into consideration the text and visuals that posters display depending on the discipline within which they are created. As the academic poster is a multimodal genre, different modal aspects have been taken into consideration when analysing it, a fact that has somehow complicated the genre analysis conducted, but has also stimulated the research work involved and, in the end, provided interesting results. The analysis carried out here has highlighted significant cross-disciplinary differences in terms of word count, portrait/landscape orientation and layout of posters, as well as discipline and subdiscipline-specific patterns for what concerns the use of textual interactive and interactional metadiscourse resources and visual interactive resources. The investigation has revealed what textual and visual metadiscourse resources are employed, where and why, and as a consequence, what textual and visual metadiscourse strategies should be adopted by poster authors depending on the practices and expectations of their academic community.