Contextos locales e internacionales de publicación científica: análisis retórico-discursivo de los resúmenes de artículos de investigación en inglés en el ámbito de la sociología

Rosa Lorés Sanz; Silvia Murillo Ornat

doi:10.14198/ELUA2018.32.15

Autores/as

Rosa Lorés Sanz Universidad de Zaragoza, España
Silvia Murillo Ornat Universidad de Zaragoza, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/ELUA2018.32.15

Palabras clave:

abstracts, inglés como lengua franca, traducción, estructura retórica, fraseología

Resumen

Los abstracts desempeñan un importante papel como herramientas que permiten ahorrar tiempo y gestionar la información. Muchas revistas académicas nacionales no anglófonas requieren que los autores redacten una versión en inglés de estas secciones. En este artículo nos proponemos identificar y analizar los patrones retóricos y léxico-gramaticales (fraseología) que caracterizan a los abstracts escritos en español y traducidos al inglés, publicados en revistas nacionales (españolas). Estos textos se comparan con abstracts escritos en inglés como lengua franca (ILF) y publicados en revistas internacionales. Para tales fines, se consideran 30 abstracts de cada contexto lingua-cultural. La disciplina elegida es la Sociología, un campo en el que los investigadores españoles han comenzado a publicar recientemente a nivel internacional. Los resultados muestran que los abstracts traducidos al inglés presentan diversas similitudes y diferencias. Las diferencias pueden interpretarse como el resultado de la influencia de ciertos patrones de la escritura académica en español.

Financiación

Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad

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