EXPLORING THE LINGUISTIC PATTERNS OF GRATITUDE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN PHILOSOPHY PHD THESES
Vol.10, Issue 2, 2024, pp. 364-386 Full text
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.24.2.9
Web of Science: 001379776600011
Authors:
1 Fatma Yuvayapan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7924-0933
2 Hayriye Bilginer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1196-5014
Affiliation: 1,2 Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey 03gn5cg19
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Conceptualization, Data Curation, Methodology, Investigation,
Formal Analysis, Validation, Visualization, Resources, Software,
Project Administration, Writing – original draft,
Writing – review and editing: F.Y., H.B. (equal).
Abstract
Acknowledgments as expressions of gratitude are not only mere formalities in academia but also represent heartfelt attempts by researchers to acknowledge the support that shaped their academic journeys. They are a specific academic genre in which personal texts are produced as a part of academic genres such as theses or books. Hence, a systematic understanding of the linguistic features of this specific genre may contribute to the literature on academic writing. Comparing expressions of gratitude across English, German, and Turkish L1 academic contexts, this study presents a detailed picture of linguistic patterns in Ph.D. thesis acknowledgments in the field of Philosophy. We found that thanking for academic purposes was the main reason for gratitude in the three cultures. Our analysis also revealed the influence of cultural and linguistic nuances on the syntactic patterns of gratitude in the three contexts. We concluded that while acknowledgments remain deeply personal and emotionally charged, they adhere to genre-specific encoding patterns and share common lexical preferences, which require explicit instruction in academic writing courses.
Keywords: academic genres, acknowledgments, linguistic conventions, gratitude, PhD theses
Article history:
Submitted: 27 July 2024
Reviewed: 28 August 2024
Accepted: 1 October 2024
Published: 22 December 2024
Citation (APA):
Yuvayapan, F., & Bilginer, H. (2024). Exploring the Linguistic Patterns of Gratitude: A Comparative Analysis of Acknowledgments in Philosophy PhD Theses. English Studies at NBU, 10(2), 366-388. https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.24.2.9
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