The Gold Standard in English Literary Discourse
Some Functions of the Academic Article in Peer-Reviewed Journals in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek Barker, Leon De Kock (0000-0003-3717-4517) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 105-117 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564710701423376 |
| OpenAlex | W2042024070 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article is based on a completed research project in which the discipline of English studies, as manifested in the discourse of published, peer-reviewed academic articles over the period 1958-2004-what we call the "gold standard" of academic literary discourse-forms the object of analysis. The focus of the article is to delineate and describe three major functions of the discipline as manifested by its gold standard, namely career formation, knowledge formation, and canon formation. Our general aim is to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the functions of peer-reviewed journals, to reveal the presence of rules governing discursive production, and to lay bare historical shifts in approach and choice of disciplinary objects
Aesthetics · Discipline · Linguistics · Social science · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |