About the Group

Thе group works at software development for analysis of academic writing in English. Within the framework of the 2017 project the approach to text analysis is developed and a pilot system is being created.

The system analyzes the texts against a set of academic discourse markers typical of academic writing in the particular subject area. System approach implemented in the project involves creating the ontology of discourse attributes and taking into consideration pragmatic context. Corpus approach to style analysis will provide empirical data and will give a solid base for the research of academic writing style.

The major practical result of the software is publishing internet-service available to authorized users both for research and study aims.