Content: Introduction / Eija Suomela-Salmi and Fred Dervin --
Discursive characteristics of AD --
As academics we are not disposed to say 'I know the world is round--
' : marking of evidentiality in Russian and German historiographic articles / Christina Janik --
Certainty and commitment in the construction of academic knowledge in the humanities / Rebecca Beke and Adriana Bolรญvar --
Citation in business management research articles : a contrastive (English-Spanish) corpus-based analysis / Pilar Mur Dueรฑas --
A cross-cultural comparison of the functions and sociolinguistic distribution of English and German tag questions and discourse markers in academic speech / Erik Schleef --
Different voices --
Polyphony in academic discourse: a cross-cultural perspective on historical discourse / Marina Bondi --
Academic voices in the research article / Kjersti Flรธttum --
Author identity in economics and linguistics abstracts / Trine Dahl --
Exploring the polyphonic dimension of academic book review articles in the discourse of linguistics / Giuliana Diani --
Notes on notes : endnotes and footnotes in Swedish historical and philosophical research articles / Merja Koskela and Tiina Mรคnnikkรถ --
Cross-cultural rhetoric --
The use of contrastive strategies in a sociology research paper : a cross-cultural study / Zofia Golebiowski --
Different worlds, different audiences: a contrastive analysis of research article abstracts / Rosa Lorรฉs-Sanz --
Spoken rhetoric: how do natives and non-natives fare? / Anna Mauranen --
Argumentative strategies in conference discussions sessions / Irena Vassileva --
Construction of concepts in the academia --
Clash of the Titans : the construction of the human and social sciences by a philosopher and a sociologist / Eija Suomela-Salmi and Fred Dervin --
Semantic and discursive construction of the 'Europe of knowledge' / Olga Galatanu.
Abstract: The goal of this volume is to examine academic discourse (AD) from cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspectives. The adjective Cross-cultural in the volume title is not just limited to national contexts but also includes a cross-disciplinary perspective. Twelve scientific fields are under scrutiny in the articles. One of the unique aspects of the volume is the inclusion of a variety of foreign languages (English (as a lingua franca), Spanish, French, Swedish, Russian, German, Italian, and Norwegian). Besides, in several articles dealing with oral AD, comparisons and parallels are also esta