Rhetorical analysis of your journal and the articles you read using the genre frameworks provided by Swales and Linton et al. In what ways do the articles make use of the conventions of structure, reference, and language? And what can this tell us about the journal’s audience(s) and its implied “world view” (i.e. epistemology)?
The scholarly journal about Civil Engineering found through the online database generally follows the structure of Swales in most of the articles. Swales' Genre Model begins with Establishing a Territory which can be clearly seen from the research style articles that often begin with an abstract. The Territory is set and then the Niche is then recognized. After the Niche is set and both sides are recognized it is the occupied through the proof of the research and the conclusion.
The journals are written with research that is built on from previous engineers and therefore the references are clearly stated and acknowledged. The articles are also written in an attempt to be objective in order to provide the audience with accurate research. The audience is the fellow engineers and the future engineers interested in research the apart of academia. The language is written with great detail but can sometimes be a bit difficult to understand because it is written specifically for its audience.
The epistemology of the journal is that there is more and more things to learn and continue to fix. As we begin to learn more, it opens the door to more things we can learn.
My research wasn't really written on top of other information, but I do have to agree with you, some of them were difficult to read. If I found that they were too difficult to read I would move on to the next one so that I could actually understand what was being talked about.
ReplyDeleteWhen looking through my chosen journal for interesting articles I came across a few that were nearly impossible to read. You are right about engineering journals being objective and trying to present findings and results in an unbiased manor. I think this method of presenting research is common throughout the science world.
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