Abstract

DIAZ BLANCA, Lourdes Ángela. Establishing the Niche in the Problem Statement: Resources of Denial and Positioning of the Author. Linguist.lit. [online]. 2023, n.83, pp.257-278.  Epub June 16, 2023. ISSN 0120-5587.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n83a11.

The purpose of this article is to analyze the rhetorical steps that make up the establishment of the research niche in the problem statement of Linguistics degree projects and the negation resources used by the author to position himself on the frontiers of knowledge. In this exploratory study, six rhetorical steps were obtained: pointing out a problem, indicating absences or insufficiencies, questioning other studies, formulating research questions, justifying the study and following a tradition. Denial resources are used that emphasize the assertions and indicate a higher level of certainty in the authors’ position.

Keywords : establishment of the research niche; problem statement; Linguistics degree projects; denial resources; positioning.

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