ATTITUDE RESOURCES IN TURKISH ACADEMIC BOOK REVIEWS

Hamide Çakır Sarı

Article Details

ATTITUDE RESOURCES IN TURKISH ACADEMIC BOOK REVIEWS

Authors:

Hamide Çakır Sarı

Publisher:

Ankara University

Main Topics:

Dil Kullanım Bilimi | Söylem ve Bağlamsal Dilbilim

Journal:

Dil Dergisi Vol.176 Issue 1, pp.80-102

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001353921

pISSN:

1300-3542

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Abstract:

 Book reviews play a significant role in facilitating academic communication and constructing scientific knowledge Hyland, 2000. As texts that explicitly evaluate books, incorporating both praise and critique, book reviews are crucial in identifying discipline-specific values and interpersonal communication strategies, thereby serving as an important source in academic discourse Miranda, 1996. This study, grounded in scientific discourse, aims to explore the types of attitude resources utilized in expressions of praise and critique in Turkish academic book reviews within the fields of Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. By doing so, the study seeks to uncover the discourse habits and preferred attitudes of academic writers across different disciplines. To date, Turkish academic research has largely focused on research articles, leaving book reviews underexplored. This study endeavors to fill this gap by examining Turkish book reviews within the framework of scientific discourse, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the evaluative criteria employed in these reviews, an area that has not yet been sufficiently addressed in Turkish academic literature. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Martin and Whites 2005 Appraisal Theory. Appraisal Theory examines interpersonal meaning in texts through three key domains of evaluation: engagement, attitude, and graduation. This study focuses on the use of attitude resources in Turkish academic book reviews. The corpus of the study consists of 30 book reviews published between 2000 and 2018 in the fields of Social Sciences Linguistics, History, Turkish Language and Literature and Natural Sciences Science Education, Statistics, Mathematics selected through a random sampling method. A content analysis method based on text analysis was employed in the study. The book reviews in the fields of Social Sciences and Natural Sciences were compared to evaluate field-dependent differences. The findings indicate that positive appreciation resources dominate Turkish academic book reviews, whereas judgment and affect resources are used in a limited manner. In terms of the fields, in the Social Sciences, affective expressions are scarcely employed, judgment resources contain only positive evaluations, and appreciation resources are predominantly positive. In the Natural Sciences, affective expressions are positive, judgment resources are absent, and appreciation resources exhibit a largely positive distribution. This suggests that the texts predominantly employ a language of praise, with a lack of critical perspective.

 Book reviews play a significant role in facilitating academic communication and constructing scientific knowledge Hyland, 2000. As texts that explicitly evaluate books, incorporating both praise and critique, book reviews are crucial in identifying discipline-specific values and interpersonal communication strategies, thereby serving as an important source in academic discourse Miranda, 1996. This study, grounded in scientific discourse, aims to explore the types of attitude resources utilized in expressions of praise and critique in Turkish academic book reviews within the fields of Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. By doing so, the study seeks to uncover the discourse habits and preferred attitudes of academic writers across different disciplines. To date, Turkish academic research has largely focused on research articles, leaving book reviews underexplored. This study endeavors to fill this gap by examining Turkish book reviews within the framework of scientific discourse, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the evaluative criteria employed in these reviews, an area that has not yet been sufficiently addressed in Turkish academic literature. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Martin and Whites 2005 Appraisal Theory. Appraisal Theory examines interpersonal meaning in texts through three key domains of evaluation: engagement, attitude, and graduation. This study focuses on the use of attitude resources in Turkish academic book reviews. The corpus of the study consists of 30 book reviews published between 2000 and 2018 in the fields of Social Sciences Linguistics, History, Turkish Language and Literature and Natural Sciences Science Education, Statistics, Mathematics selected through a random sampling method. A content analysis method based on text analysis was employed in the study. The book reviews in the fields of Social Sciences and Natural Sciences were compared to evaluate field-dependent differences. The findings indicate that positive appreciation resources dominate Turkish academic book reviews, whereas judgment and affect resources are used in a limited manner. In terms of the fields, in the Social Sciences, affective expressions are scarcely employed, judgment resources contain only positive evaluations, and appreciation resources are predominantly positive. In the Natural Sciences, affective expressions are positive, judgment resources are absent, and appreciation resources exhibit a largely positive distribution. This suggests that the texts predominantly employ a language of praise, with a lack of critical perspective.

 Book reviews play a significant role in facilitating academic communication and constructing scientific knowledge Hyland, 2000. As texts that explicitly evaluate books, incorporating both praise and critique, book reviews are crucial in identifying discipline-specific values and interpersonal communication strategies, thereby serving as an important source in academic discourse Miranda, 1996. This study, grounded in scientific discourse, aims to explore the types of attitude resources utilized in expressions of praise and critique in Turkish academic book reviews within the fields of Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. By doing so, the study seeks to uncover the discourse habits and preferred attitudes of academic writers across different disciplines. To date, Turkish academic research has largely focused on research articles, leaving book reviews underexplored. This study endeavors to fill this gap by examining Turkish book reviews within the framework of scientific discourse, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the evaluative criteria employed in these reviews, an area that has not yet been sufficiently addressed in Turkish academic literature. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Martin and Whites 2005 Appraisal Theory. Appraisal Theory examines interpersonal meaning in texts through three key domains of evaluation: engagement, attitude, and graduation. This study focuses on the use of attitude resources in Turkish academic book reviews. The corpus of the study consists of 30 book reviews published between 2000 and 2018 in the fields of Social Sciences Linguistics, History, Turkish Language and Literature and Natural Sciences Science Education, Statistics, Mathematics selected through a random sampling method. A content analysis method based on text analysis was employed in the study. The book reviews in the fields of Social Sciences and Natural Sciences were compared to evaluate field-dependent differences. The findings indicate that positive appreciation resources dominate Turkish academic book reviews, whereas judgment and affect resources are used in a limited manner. In terms of the fields, in the Social Sciences, affective expressions are scarcely employed, judgment resources contain only positive evaluations, and appreciation resources are predominantly positive. In the Natural Sciences, affective expressions are positive, judgment resources are absent, and appreciation resources exhibit a largely positive distribution. This suggests that the texts predominantly employ a language of praise, with a lack of critical perspective.

 Kitap tanıtım yazıları, akademik iletişimi sağlaması ve bilimsel bilgiyi inşa etmesi açısından önemli rol oynamaktadır Hyland, 2000. Açık bir şekilde değerlendirmenin yapıldığı, övgü ve eleştiri ifadelerinin yer aldığı kitap tanıtım yazıları, disipline özgü değerleri ve kişilerarası iletişime dayalı stratejileri belirlemede bilimsel bir metin türü olarak önemli bir kaynak oluşturmaktadır Miranda, 1996. Bilimsel söylemi temel alan bu çalışma, Sosyal Bilimler ve Fen Bilimleri alanında Türkçe akademik kitap tanıtım yazılarında övgü ve eleştiri ifadelerinde ne türden tutum attitude kaynaklarına başvurulduğunu ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Böylece, akademik yazarların farklı disiplinlerde söylem alışkanlıkları ve yeğledikleri tutumlar ortaya konmaya çalışılacaktır. Şimdiye kadar Türkçe çalışmalarda, Türkçe kitap tanıtım yazıları çok fazla ele alınmamış, daha çok bilimsel araştırma yazılarına odaklanılmıştır. Bu noktadan hareketle bu çalışmada, bilimsel söylem alanında, Türkçe kitap tanıtımı yazıları bakış açışı oluşturma ölçütleri açısından incelenerek var olan boşluk kapatılmaya çalışılacaktır. Araştırmanın kuramsal çerçevesini Martin ve Whiteın 2005 Değerbiçme Kuramı oluşturmaktadır. Değerbiçme Kuramı, metindeki kişilerarası üstişlevi üç temel değerbiçme kaynağı çerçevesinde incelemektedir: bilgi açısından sorumluluk engagement, tutum attitude ve derecelendirme graduation. Bu çalışmada, Türkçe kitap tanıtım yazıları tutum kaynakları attitude resources kullanımı bakımından incelenecektir. Çalışmanın bütüncesi, 20002018 yılları arasında yayımlanmış Sosyal Bilimler Dilbilim, Tarih, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı ve Fen Bilimleri Fen Eğitimi, İstatistik, Matematik alanında rastlantısal örneklem yöntemiyle seçilmiş 30 kitap tanıtım yazısından oluşmaktadır. Çalışmada metin çözümlemesine dayalı bir içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Sosyal Bilimler ve Fen Bilimleri alanlarına ait yazılar karşılaştırılarak alan-bağımlı farklılıklar değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular, Türkçe akademik kitap tanıtımlarında olumlu özbeğeni appreciation kaynaklarının baskın olduğunu, hüküm judgement ve duyuşsal etki affect tutum kaynaklarının ise sınırlı bir şekilde kullanıldığını göstermektedir. Alanlar özelinde bakıldığında, Sosyal Bilimler alanında duyuşsal etki ifadelerinin sınırlı olduğu, hüküm kaynaklarının yalnızca olumlu ifadeler içerdiği ve özbeğeni kaynaklarının büyük oranda olumlu kullanıldığı belirlenirken; Fen Bilimleri alanında duyuşsal etki ifadelerinin olumlu olduğu, hüküm kaynaklarının hiç kullanılmadığı ve özbeğeni kaynaklarının yine büyük ölçüde olumlu bir dağılım sergilediği tespit edilmiştir. Bu durum, metinlerde çoğunlukla övgü dolu bir dil kullanıldığına ve eleştirel bir bakış açısının eksik olduğuna işaret etmektedir.

Article Details

ATTITUDE RESOURCES IN TURKISH ACADEMIC BOOK REVIEWS

Authors:

Hamide Çakır Sarı

Publisher:

Ankara University

Main Topics:

Dil Kullanım Bilimi | Söylem ve Bağlamsal Dilbilim

Journal:

Dil Dergisi Vol.176 Issue 1, pp.80-102

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001353921

pISSN:

1300-3542

Değerbiçme Kuramı

tutum kaynakları

kitap tanıtım yazıları

bilimsel söylemDeğerbiçme Kuramı

tutum kaynakları

kitap tanıtım yazıları

bilimsel söylem

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Article Details

Authors: Hamide Çakır Sarı

Publisher: Ankara University

Main Topics: Dil Kullanım Bilimi | Söylem ve Bağlamsal Dilbilim

Journal: Dil Dergisi Vol.176 Issue 1, pp.80-102

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2025

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001353921

pISSN: 1300-3542

Issues

Authors:

Hamide Çakır Sarı

Publisher:

Ankara University

Main Topics:

Dil Kullanım Bilimi | Söylem ve Bağlamsal Dilbilim

Journal:

Dil Dergisi Vol.176 Issue 1, pp.80-102

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001353921

pISSN:

1300-3542