d’effacement énonciatif

English translation: enunciative erasure

08:50 Jan 25, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Linguistics / scientific article
French term or phrase: d’effacement énonciatif
Full context:

un discours impersonnel et plus largement la stratégie d’effacement énonciatif font partie des moyens linguistiques qui permettent de donner au discours un effet de réel et sentiment d’objectivité

My translation (comments welcome!)

An impersonal discourse and, more broadly, the enunciative erasure strategy are part of the linguistic means that make it possible to give discourse an effect of reality and feeling of objectivity.
Niedz
Netherlands
English translation:enunciative erasure
Explanation:
You're right, that seems to be the correct term.
It is "a process that has the effect of objectivising discourse".
Ref: University Writing: Selves and Texts in Academic Societies
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Sophie Cherel
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enunciative erasure


Explanation:
You're right, that seems to be the correct term.
It is "a process that has the effect of objectivising discourse".
Ref: University Writing: Selves and Texts in Academic Societies


    https://www.persee.fr/doc/lgge_0458-726x_2004_num_38_156_960
    https://books.google.es/books?id=GnxSS7jP694C&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=linguistics+enunciative+erasure&source=bl&ots=vPuOTp0rJ-&sig=ACfU3U1qBGe
Sophie Cherel
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