Construcciones temáticas y marcas enunciativas en los informes de estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

This paper addresses the discoursive construction of producer and recipient in written research reports made by second-year university students. Texts analysed reveal the representation of a complex kind of knowledge, including discoursive mechanisms for the construction of the writer –the student– and the reader – the evaluating professor. Throughout the article this is illustrated by examples taken from Biological, Human and Social Sciences reports. Didactic resources used to guide the reader are highlighted as a mechanism specific to reports in Social Sciences. The paper concludes that the variety and instability shown by strategies for the construction of actors involved in this academic exchange reflect differences proper to the discipline and report classes, as well to text producers’ literacy level.