The specificity of the author's image in German-language popular science texts created by authors and artificial intelligence
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2025-4-114-127
Abstract
Aim. The purpose of the research is to identify the features of the realization of the category of the author's image as an absolute phenomenon within the framework of the German-language popular science text.
Methodology. The article compares popular science texts created by science popularizers and those created using artificial intelligence (AI). In order to identify specific features of the image of the author of a popular scientific text using general scientific research methods (analysis, synthesis, comparison, analogy), as well as methods of evaluating and processing information that involve observing linguistic and non-linguistic phenomena in their dynamics, texts of this type, published in German-language online publications on various topics in 2024–2025, were commented on.
Results. The conducted linguistic analysis showed that the image of the author is an integral category of popular science text. However, AI-generated text eliminates the emotional and evaluative component, thereby reducing the reader's level of interest and trust in the information provided, which contradicts the main purpose of popular science text.
Research implications. The theoretical significance of the work lies in expanding the methodological basis for studying polycode texts in terms of an integrated approach to analyzing the functioning of verbal and non-verbal means in the context of expressing the author’s image and in enriching the methodological tools of the German-language text. The practical significance lies in the fact that the materials of this study can be applied in scientific research on current issues of German studies and general linguistics, directly related to the linguistics of the text, as well as in the educational process for teachers of the relevant linguistic disciplines.
About the Authors
M. N. Levchenko
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina N. Levchenko (Moscow) – Dr. Sci. (Philology), Prof., Departmental Head, Department of Germanic and Romance Philology
N. I. Khristoforova
Federal State University of Education; Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalya I. Khristoforova (Moscow) – Cand. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Dr. Sci. degree seeking candidate, Department of Germanic and Romance Philology; Assoc. Prof., Department I-11 “Foreign Language for Aerospace Specialties”
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