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Means of negative evaluation in criticism in english-language research articles in economics

Балацька, О.Л.

The article examines means of negative evaluation that can be used in critical remarks in English-language research articles in economics, which are believed to represent one of the types of the prominent genre of English-language scientific discourse, that is the research article. The study analyzed 124 critical remarks from 50 English-language research articles in economics which were published in UK and USA scientific electronic journals between 2009 and 2011. The study has revealed that negative evaluation in critical remarks in English-language research articles in economics can be expressed explicitly and implicitly. The explicit way of conveying negative evaluation uses markers, which include lexical and lexico-grammatical means of negative evaluation. Lexical means of conveying negative evaluation include linguistic units with a semantics of negative evaluation, such as nouns, adjectives, and verbs, with nouns and adjectives being more prevalent than verbs in criticism in English-language research articles in economics. Explicit lexico-grammatical means of conveying negative evaluation in criticism include several types such as negation of the predicate, object, subject and adverbial modifier carried out by using various negators. Our research demonstrates that negation of the predicate and negation of the object have higher percentage of usage, while negation of the object and negation of the adverbial modifier have considerably lower percentage of usage in critical remarks in the English-language research articles in economics. The implicit way of negative evaluation is achieved through the use of indicators of implicit meaning, that is linguistic units with positive or neutral semantics which together in the context impart negative semantics to an utterance. Implicit means of negative evaluation commonly have future meaning and denote the necessity of carrying out further research. The study has demonstrated that explicit means of expressing negative evaluation are more prelevant in critical remarks in English-language research articles in economics than implicit means. Furthermore, we should mention that as far as the types of explicit means of conveying negative evaluation in criticism in English-language research articles in economics are concerned, explicit lexical means of expressing negative evaluation are more numerous than lexico-grammatical ones.

English

2024

English-language scientific discourse

Дрогобицький державний педагогічний університет імені Івана Франка

Balatska О.L. Means of negative evaluation in criticism in english-language research articles in economics / О.L. Balatska, V.V. Chernyshov // Актуальнi питання гуманiтарних наук : міжвуз. зб. наук. пр. молодих вчених Дрогоб. держ. пед. ун-ту ім. Івана Франка. – Дрогобич : Гельветика, 2024. – Вип. 76. Т. 3. – С. 9 – 13. – DOI https://doi.org/10.24919/2308-4863/76-3-2

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