scholarly journals Analyses of Rhetorical Moves and Linguistic Realizations in Accounting Research Article Abstracts Published in International and Thai-Based Journals

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401882238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wirada Amnuai
Keyword(s):  
Nonnative English Speakers ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds

There has been a growing interest in the rhetorical move structure of research articles (RAs). Research studies reveal that articles written by native and nonnative English speakers show some similarities and differences in their rhetorical structure and linguistic features across disciplines. This study was therefore undertaken to investigate the rhetorical moves of English RA abstracts, which were written by authors from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Sixty RA abstracts from two corpora (international corpus and Thai corpus) in the field of accounting were analyzed using Hyland’s framework. The abstracts written by authors of different nationalities and published in internationally scholarly journals were collected for the international corpus, whereas the counterpart consisted of abstracts written by Thai authors and published in indexed Thailand-based journals. Both similarities and differences in terms of rhetorical move and linguistic realizations were found. The use of tenses and voices was quite different not only between the two corpora but also from the previous studies. The findings will provide practical and detailed description of the RA abstracts’ structures of the two corpora. This may lead to pedagogical implications for teaching students how to write accounting English RA abstracts effectively.

Review of the Discussion Section of Research Articles: Rhetorical Structure and Move

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-25
Author(s):  
Yasir Bdaiwi Al-Shujairi
Keyword(s):  
Writing Process ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Main Components

      The discussion section forms an integral part in the writing process of a research article (RA). Research authors find it difficult to write and produce a well-structured discussion for their findings. The reason could be due to the unawareness of the main components (rhetorical moves) that shape this section. Therefore, this paper aims to provide a review of the studies that have been done to analyze the discussion section of RAs over the last 36 years. Also, this review seeks to examine the discussion section of RAs across various scientific disciplines and different types of journals. The review showed that the rhetorical structure of RAs discussion section witnessed some changes over the course of time. New moves such as Research Implications and Research Limitations started to be parts of the discussion section of RAs. In addition, it was revealed that differences in writing the discussion section can be varied broadly across disciplines such as soft sciences (e.g., applied linguistics, sociology, psychology) and hard sciences (e.g., engineering, chemistry, biology) and slightly across types of journals such as ISI and local journals. In conclusion, this paper offered several suggestions for further research to be conducted in the area.  

scholarly journals Non-native writers and the use of appraisal resources in research article introductions

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Wuli Fitriati ◽  
Yuni Awalaturrohmah Solihah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Quality Research ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Writing an introduction section of a research article usually requires the interpersonal voice and arguments for building up a sense of persuasiveness that will entice readers. A quality research article introduction can be achieved by using appraisal resources to represent the writers’ ideas and propositions effectively. Using twenty introduction sections of research articles written in English by Indonesian and Chinese writers as non-native writers, this study examines the use of appraisal resources and compares their distributions. By employing textual analysis and using Appraisal resources theory drawn from the work of Martin and White (2005), the findings reveal that there are both similarities and differences in the distribution of appraisal resources between Indonesian and Chinese writers in the introduction sections of research articles. In terms of similarities, both Indonesian and Chinese writers use attitude (appreciation), expand (engagement), and force (graduation) as the most used appraisal resources in their writing. What is different, however, is that the Indonesian writers seem more likely than Chinese writers to use appraisal resources overall, except for graduation resources, which were used more often by the Chinese writers. This article discusses some of the pedagogical implications for those who are teaching students of English as a foreign language and want to improve and strengthen their voice and arguments in the writing of research article introductions.

scholarly journals CITATION PRACTICES IN RESEARCH ARTICLES IN INDONESIA-BASED JOURNALS AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS Udi Samanhudi, Aisling O’Boyle

2022 ◽  
pp. 741
Author(s):  
Udi Samanhudi ◽  
Aisling O'Boyle
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Journal Publication ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Salient Function ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Citation Practices ◽  
Novice Writers ◽  
Published Research

This paper examines the similarities and differences in the use of rhetorical citations in research articles in two journal publication contexts in the field of Applied Linguistics, namely Indonesian Journals aimed at a local audience, and International Journals aimed at a global audience. Fifty Discussion Sections from published research articles were taken from the two publication contexts.  Results of the analysis indicate a dominant use of integral citations especially verb-controlling type in the Indonesian local corpus. It is suggested that this citation type requires less demand on synthesising various sources cited while Discussion Sections in the International corpus make greater use of non-integral citations which indicates a succinct synthesis of various sources. In terms of function, referring to literature is the most salient function in Indonesian local corpus while attribution is the most dominant function found in the International corpus. Accompanying the textual analysis of citation practices in these journals, Indonesian academics as part of the community of the discipline were interviewed. Their perspectives indicate urgency for results of genre analysis studies to be transformed into teaching materials to assist especially novice writers in the field of Applied Linguistics in understanding English research article writing conventions better.

scholarly journals Genre Analysis of Civil Engineering’s Research Article Introductions

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 322
Author(s):  
Hina Manzoor ◽  
Aisha Majeed ◽  
Madiha Munaf
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Subject Knowledge ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Space Model ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Effective Role

The present study explores the structures of Civil Engineering research articles’ (RA) introductions based on Swales’ 1990 CARS (Create a Research Space) model. It analyzes fifteen Civil Engineering research articles’ introductions according to the move structure and linguistic features that would indicate the use and avoidance of the move. Findings show that move-pattern in RA introductions of this field follow all three moves but it does not adhere to the proposed sequence given in the model. It is suggested for enhancement of reading and writing skills and subject knowledge of ESL/EFL/ESP students, pedagogy of CARS model can play an effective role as it is still applicable.

Marine engineering and sub-disciplinary variations: a rhetorical analysis of research article abstracts

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-363
Author(s):  
Ju Chuan Huang
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
First Person ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Electronic Engineering ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Marine Engineering ◽  
Verb Tense

Abstract This study explores the rhetorical structure and linguistic features of research article abstracts in an applied discipline. Recently, many emerging applied disciplines have evolved to incorporate knowledge from a variety of disciplinary areas. Therefore, the writing style may vary within one discipline. While most studies have compared rhetorical variations between disciplines, few have examined sub-disciplinary variations. The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which variations exist among research article abstracts in three sub-fields of one applied discipline: marine engineering. A small specific corpus consisting of 60 marine engineering abstracts was compiled. By examining similarities and differences in the rhetorical structure, frequently used verbs, tense, and the use of first person pronouns, the analysis showed that sub-disciplinary variations existed among the three sub-fields. For example, the abstracts in the sub-field of automatic control (a discipline closely related to electronic engineering) differ from the abstracts of the other two sub-fields as for rhetorical structure, verb tense, and frequency of use of first-person pronouns. The findings of this study indicate that English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instructors should take into account sub-disciplinary preferences when teaching academic writing so that students can make informed choices when writing in their specific sub-field.

Metadiscourse variations in the generic structure of disciplinary research articles

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-212
Author(s):  
Hadi Kashiha
Keyword(s):  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Discourse Community ◽  
Discourse Communities ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The Status ◽  
Novice Writers ◽  
Academic Genre

Abstract Research articles have begun to occupy the status of a prominent academic genre, as publishing one is a significant way to gain credibility and to establish oneself as a researcher among members of a discourse community. One way to distinguish discourse communities is to look at the linguistic features used in the generic structure of their research articles. One of these linguistic features is metadiscourse which deals with the connection between authors, texts and readers. The present study adopted Hyland’s (2005a) model of metadiscourse to compare the use of interactional markers in the moves of 40 research article introductions from Applied Linguistics and Chemistry. Findings indicated some variations in the way that disciplinary authors employed interactional devices in introduction moves. These findings can be discussed in terms of familiarizing novice writers with discipline-specific features of their research article introduction and interpersonality in establishing a link between a text and readers.

RHETORICAL MOVES IN MEDICAL RESEARCH ARTICLES: SOME GENRE IMPLICATIONS IN A CROSS-LINGUISTIC STUDY

2018 ◽  
pp. 272-276
Author(s):  
Ivaylo Dagnev ◽  
Maria Saykova ◽  
Maya Yaneva
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Discourse Markers ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Thematic Structure ◽  
Contrastive Study ◽  
The Core ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
English Articles ◽  
Heating Up

The medical research article (MRA) has been at the core of debate with reference to all its aspects for over thirty years now. Ever since scholars, such as Swales, Nwogo and more recently Fryer and Davies, have delved into the organization and discourse setup of this scientific genre, the argument for and against the importance of Rhetorical Moves has been heating up. The gravity the latter have on the informational, propositional and cognitive value cannot be overestimated. Little, though, has been done as far as the cross-linguistic side is concerned, since there are no comparative studies exploring potential similarities and differences from culture to culture. The presented article seeks to address this lacuna in an attempt to outline the major discourse and structural markers constructing the very essence of the Rhetorical Moves. Approximately 100 articles from both Bulgarian and English sources have been excerpted, constituting more than 250 000 words. Several areas of exploration have been highlighted - from vocabulary items such as factive reporting verbs, to discourse markers outlining coherence and stance, to thematic structure underpinnings referring to issues such as functional sentence perspective. The results from the contrastive study, though by no means conclusive, are indicative of major informational and discoursal imbalances between Bulgarian and English articles.

scholarly journals Rhetorical Structure and Linguistic Features of Abstracts: A Comparative Study Of Local, National And International Journals In English Education Written by Indonesian Authors

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Safnil Arsyad ◽  
Husnul Hakim ◽  
Hellen Astria
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Past Tense ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

The abstract is an important part of a research article; it is a research summary that must be attached, presented together with the research article. Therefore, the quality of an abstract is explicitly significant. This article aims to determine the similarities and differences of the rhetorical moves and linguistic features of abstracts of local, national, and international journals by Indonesian authors in the field of English language teaching. The method used is descriptive quantitative and qualitative methods or mix-methods by analyzing the communicative objectives and linguistic features of the abstract parts of research articles. The results show that the majority of Ijal abstracts have five moves while the majority of Edu-Ling abstracts have only three moves. In general, active sentences are used more dominantly used than passive sentences in all moves of all three groups of abstracts, and present tense is far more frequently used in Ijal and Teflin abstracts but past tense is more frequently used in Edu-Ling abstracts while that-complement clause in Move-4 of Ijal abstracts is the most frequently used among the three groups of abstracts. It can also be concluded that Teflin article abstracts are more similar to those of Ijal articles than to Edu-Ling articles in all aspects. This is probably because Teflin authors are more experienced in writing journal articles than those of Edu-Ling articles.

scholarly journals Variation of Sentence Connectors as Logical Devices in Abstracts

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-399
Author(s):  
Zeinab Azarian ◽  
Gholam Reza Zarei
Keyword(s):  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Native English Speakers ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds

This study was an attempt to examine the category and frequency of sentence connectors in research articles’ abstracts of two disciplines of Applied Linguistics and Electrical Engineering written by native English speakers (NES) and non-native English speakers (NNES). The corpus of eighty research articles that all taken from well-known refereed journals, are selected by scholars within two disciplines. Sentence connectors were identified and classified following the taxonomies of Quirk et al. model. In this model, taxonomies included connectors occurring both within and beyond the sentential level. The words were counted by Ant-Conc-3.4.1 software. The results indicated the sentence connectors in the two disciplines were differently used. The frequency of sentence connectors in Electrical Engineering articles was higher than that in the Applied Linguistics. As for the NES and NNES, the results demonstrated stylistic differences as well. So, writing style is not only a function of disciplinary distinctions but also a reflection of the writers' linguistic backgrounds.

scholarly journals Zitationspraxen in deutschsprachigen Fachaufsatzeinleitungen

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Wetschanow
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Research Article ◽  
German Research Article ◽  
German Research ◽  
Citation Practices

Since Swales’ groundbreaking article (1990) on the rhetorical structure of research article introductions, a growing number of studies have explored the move structure of introductions. There is an enormous body of work analyzing citation practices in academic writing. Nevertheless, relatively little attention has been paid to the analysis of citation practices within different moves. This exploratory study of five German research articles investigates the relation of amount and types of citations within the different moves of research article introductions. The description and discussion of the five sample papers results in the following hypotheses: German research article introductions (1) can be divided in a territory-, a niche-, and a project-driven type, (2) prefer non-integral citations, (3) use indirect citations to establish a territory and (4) link the announced research to disciplinary fields using the instrument of direct terminology quotations.

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