From the production of abstracts to instances of grammatical metaphors: some research insights to uncover the academic domain

• Autor(a) principal: Marisa Mendonça Carneiro
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.30612/raido.v11i27.5620; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/47937; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1217-2160; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1857-0207
• topic: Academic writing; Abstract production; Grammatical metaphors; Metáfora; Redação acadêmica; Resumos - Redação

The aim of this paper is twofold: to shed light on the production of paper abstracts from the point of view of their macrostructure, and to discuss the use of nominalizations as instances of grammatical metaphors in this text genre. In order to do so, we will first discuss the principles underlying academic writing (AW), in the attempt to associate them to successful communication in this field. We also showcase a few samples of classroom activities, aimed at illustrating how some of the principles related to abstract writing can be put into practice. With respect to the instances of grammatical metaphors, we call attention to their significance to the academic domain, functioning as topic initiators, and, most importantly, as powerful strategies for successful scientific writing.