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1、EnglishforSpeci®cPurposes,Vol.18,No.1,pp.47±62,1999PublishedbyElsevierScienceLtd.PrintedinGreatBritainPergamon0889-4906/98$19.00+0.00PII:S0889-4906(97)00026-4LinguisticAnalysisofGrantProposals:EuropeanUnionResearchGrantsUllaConnorandAnnaMauranenAbstractÐGrantproposalsareagenrethatallac
2、ademicswillhavetocometotermswithatsomepointoftheircareer,usuallythesoonerthebetter.Yet,therehasbeenverylittleresearchontheircharacteristicfeaturesandtheyarenotincludedinmostcoursesofacademicwriting.Weseektoremedysomeofthisprobleminthispaper,whichisbasedonasampleof34proposalsfromEuropean
3、Union(EU)researchgrantapplicationswrittenmainlybyFinnish-ledresearchteams.OurapproachdrawsonSwalesiangenreanalysisaswellasasocialconstructionisttheoryofgenre[Berkenkotter,&Huckin,1995].Inouranalysis,weidenti®edtenrecurrentmovesintheproposals,re¯ectingthegenericaf®nityofgrantproposalstob
4、othacademicresearchpapers(Swales,1981and1990)andpromotionalgenres(Bhatia,1993),inadditiontomovesspeci®ctothegrantproposalsgenre.Theresultsshouldbene®tbothgenreresearchandtheteachingofacademicwriting.PublishedbyElsevierScienceLtdKeywords:grantproposals,geneanalysis,socialconstructionistt
5、heory,movesLinguisticAnalysisofGrantProposals:EuropeanUnitResearchGrantsResearchonacademicwritinghasincludedavarietyofgenressuchasjournalarticles,dissertations,andconferenceproposals,tonamethemostpopulartargetsoflinguisticinvestigation.Animportantgenrethathasreceivedlittleattentionfromr
6、esearchers,however,isthegrantproposal.Myers(1990:41)hasdescribedgrantwritingas``themostbasicformofscienti®cwriting:theresearchersmustgetmoneyinthe®rstplaceiftheyaretopublisharticlesandpopularizations,participateincontroversies,andbeofinteresttojournalists''.Grantproposalsareasigni®cantp
7、artoftheprofessionalwritingofmanyresearchers,takingasmuchasaquarterofthetimeofaresearchgroup'sdirector,accordingtoMyers.WiththeexceptionoftheworkofMyers(1990,1991)andanarticlebyAddresscorrespondenceto:UllaConnor,SchoolofLiberalArts,IndianaUniversity±PurdueUniversityatIndianapol