Author(s)

Xing Junge ¹, Xing Fangyuan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, China

Corresponding Author

Xing Junge

ABSTRACT

Drawing on Accessibility Theory, this paper examined the differences in anaphoric expressions between academic discourses in literature and mathematics as represented in their respective journal articles. The comparative analysis of corpus data revealed that anaphoric expressions in both fields tended to adopt forms with higher accessibility. Further investigation into the mechanisms of anaphoric expression selection demonstrated that anaphora constrained its referent form and distance through the precision and immediacy of its reference. This study focused on the exploration of anaphoric mechanisms in different disciplines, aiming to comprehensively reveal the expression mechanism of academic language, promote the further standardization of academic discourse, and provide reference for beginners in academic writing.

KEYWORDS

Discourse Anaphora, Accessibility, Disciplinary Language Variation

CITE THIS PAPER

Xing Junge, Xing Fangyuan, The Study of Disciplinary Variations in Academic Discourse Anaphora under Accessibility Theory. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 116-124. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070418.

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