How thesis writers speak about their experiences: A linguistic perspective
Date Issued
2024
Author(s)
Tatyana Yakhontova and Mira Bekar
Abstract
This chapter presents a qualitative study of the ways in which European
students share their thesis writing experiences. The data obtained through
the interviews with students who recollect and discuss the process of writing
bachelor’s and master’s theses will be interpreted from a linguistic
perspective. Unlike other chapters in this book which concentrate on the
content of interview accounts, this particular chapter will approach interviews
not as details about what students do or think, but rather as objects
for narrative and discursive analyses.
The chapter will begin with an overview of the transcribed research
interview followed by an analysis of the global pattern of its organization.
Then, the discursive strategies and most prominent linguistic means used
by the students to communicate the significant events of their writing
experience will be identified, categorized and discussed.
students share their thesis writing experiences. The data obtained through
the interviews with students who recollect and discuss the process of writing
bachelor’s and master’s theses will be interpreted from a linguistic
perspective. Unlike other chapters in this book which concentrate on the
content of interview accounts, this particular chapter will approach interviews
not as details about what students do or think, but rather as objects
for narrative and discursive analyses.
The chapter will begin with an overview of the transcribed research
interview followed by an analysis of the global pattern of its organization.
Then, the discursive strategies and most prominent linguistic means used
by the students to communicate the significant events of their writing
experience will be identified, categorized and discussed.
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