scholarly journals EXPLORING NOMINALIZATION USE IN GRADUATE THESIS ABSTRACTS: AN SFL APPROACH TO ACADEMIC WRITING

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-139
Author(s):  
Ilzam Mahfudurido
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
The Other ◽  
State University ◽  
Grammatical Metaphor ◽  
Explicit Teaching ◽  
Main Tendency ◽  
Wide Gap

Abstract becomes the mandatory part of an article which should be concise and lexically condensed. Unfortunately, not all academic writers can meet this demand. Following Halliday Matthiessen’s (1999) types of the grammatical metaphor in which the nominalization plays as the main tendency of the construal, this study investigates nominalization cases and how they are manifested in the texts. Seven graduate students’ thesis abstracts of the Linguistics Department of a state university in Indonesia were opted as the object of the investigation. Each instance of the nominalization was coded, counted, and classified to decide their types and an in-depth elaboration of how they are manifested in the texts is provided as well. The results showed that the graduate students employed all types of the nominalization to increase the abstracts’ conciseness. The Process nominalization realized from the process-thing transference highly dominates the abstracts. The findings also reveal a wide gap of the nominalization use between the process nominalization and the other types indicating the students’ lower intermediacy of the nominalization mastery in the academic writing. Therefore, the explicit teaching of the nominalization is highly recommended as this could be of value to the students involved in the scientific publication in this university.

scholarly journals Analysis on the Ways to Improve Thesis Writing Ability of Postgraduates in Design Direction of Product Design

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Qingwen Dong
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Design Science ◽  
The Other ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
High Level ◽  
Specific Implementation ◽  
Thesis Writing

The ability of having a high level of thesis writing ability is crucial to being a graduate student. Therefore, this article takes postgraduates of product design direction of design science as an example, analyzes the training programs of the discipline at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and summarizes two major ways for graduate students in this discipline to improve their thesis writing ability. One is active learning and diligent practice, and the other is good at thinking and outputting thesis. Specific implementation methods are provided for each approach, aiming to resolve doubts in academic writing for graduate students of the discipline, analyze the corresponding reasons and provide corresponding solutions.

scholarly journals Reference: A Grammatical Cohesion In Seloka Journal Introduction Published by Semarang State University

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Samsudin Syam
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
The Other ◽  
State University ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Demonstrative Reference ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
Good Writing

Good writing is one that is cohesive especially in terms of reference. Cohesive is one of the essential textual components to create the organized and comprehensiveness of the texts. This study aims to investigate cohesion in six journal introduction sections written by post-graduate students at Semarang State University, West Java, Indonesia. This study used discourse analysis as an approach to analyzing grammatical cohesive devices. six journal introduction sections were chosen based on purposive sampling. The journal introduction sections were analyzed using Halliday and Matthiessen (2014) theory that contributing to the cohesion of the text, namely cohesive devices. The results of this study showed that post-graduate students at Semarang State University tend to use demonstrative references more frequently than the other grammatical cohesive devices. From 393 occurrences of grammatical cohesive devices presented in the six journal introduction sections, 322 of them were in the form of demonstrative reference. Through this article, the writer wants to help un English post-graduate students to have a better understanding of making introduction sections in their journal article.

scholarly journals Communication Apprehension

Communication ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan K. Perrault
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Communication Apprehension ◽  
Medical Consultation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
State University ◽  
High State ◽  
Entire Spectrum ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Negative Attribute

One cannot discuss the construct of communication apprehension (CA) without bringing up the scholar James C. McCroskey. McCroskey coined the concept with his graduate students during his time on faculty at Michigan State University, and published the first article in 1970 utilizing the term. CA is generally defined as people’s fear or anxiety related to actual or anticipated communication with others. As many of the references in this article will show, McCroskey went on to author or coauthor dozens of publications concerned with CA over the years. CA is divided into two general categories: trait CA and state CA. A person has trait CA when he or she has fear or anxiety about speaking across the entire spectrum of communication contexts. On the other hand, state CA occurs when a person has fear or anxiety about speaking in just one situation or context. In other words, people may be low in trait CA but have high state CA in certain situations. For example, someone may experience fear or anxiety about communicating with a physician during a medical consultation (i.e., high state CA), but not have any other fear or anxiety surrounding communication in other interpersonal contexts (i.e., low trait CA). Research into CA has generally been focused on finding ways to reduce CA among individuals, as it has usually been framed as a negative attribute.

scholarly journals THE DEVIATIONS OF MORPHOSYNTAX OF GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES IN THE ESSAYS OF THE ENGLISH GRADUATE STUDENTS OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF PADANG

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Veni Roza
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Structural Property ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Noun Phrases ◽  
State University ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Grammatical Categories ◽  
Distributional Property ◽  
Subject Agreement ◽  
Academic Year

This research dealt with deviations or errors of morphosyntax of grammatical categories which consist of structural properties and distributional properties of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs made by the first semester English graduate students of State University of Padang (UNP) in writing their essays. It aimed at explaining what errors of morphosyntax of grammatical categories committed by those students in writing their essays. The subjects of this research were the first semester English graduate students of 2008/ 2009 academic year of UNP. There were 15 randomly selected students who took the course of Academic Writing as the subjects of the research. The instrument used was through a test with one administration where the lecturer asked the students to construct essays based on the topics given. The analysis of data was based on theories proposed by Payne (1997) describing morphosyntax, error analysis method by James (1998) and Scovel (2001). It was found out that deviations of morphosyntax of grammatical categories mostly occurred. First, in the mis-formation of verbs (54.45%) as a structural property that exhibits subject agreement and in the omission of verbs which serves as predicates of clauses as a distributional property. Second, in the misformation of nouns (32.07%) exhibiting number as structural property and in the omission of nouns as a distributional property which serves as heads of noun phrases. Third, in the misformation of adjective (8.33%) which exhibits predicative function; and fourth in the errors of omission suffix –ly in adverbs (5.05%) modifying verbs. The findings reveal that the use of correct morphosyntax of grammatical categories of the first semester English graduate students of 2008/ 2009 academic year of UNP in writing essays is low implication?

scholarly journals When heroes moonlight as graduate students: Accommodating those called into public service after the Hurricane Harvey disaster

2021 ◽  
pp. 014473942199752
Author(s):  
Jacqueline H Abernathy
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
The Other ◽  
State University ◽  
Due Dates ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Academic Year

This study evaluates faculty efforts to accommodate graduate students in the Tarleton State University Masters of Public Administration and Masters of Criminal Justice programs called away from classes in the first weeks of the 2017 academic year as disaster responders called into duty by Hurricane Harvey. The evaluation employed a theoretical process map to track each case (student class experience) through action steps and corresponding variables related to implementation and intervention. The analysis found that although accommodations (e.g., flexible due dates, condensed content, and self-paced learning) worked in every case, only 77% of cases used them. The omission of use in the other 23% cases was due to implementation error, a lack of awareness regarding student needs, and a bilateral failure of initiative where faculty failed to offer solutions and students to request them. It concludes with ways in which faculty can remedy this by raising awareness and taking the initiative themselves.

scholarly journals Representation of the Finno-Ugric *ä of a non-first syllable (on the material of the Moksha dialects)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
G. S. Ivanova ◽  
◽  
N. V. Butylov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
The Other ◽  
State University ◽  
History Of ◽  
Back Vowel ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Research Institute

Introduction: the article examines the development of the Finno-Ugric phoneme *ä of the non-first syllable in the Moksha language, the representatives of which are represented by different inter-dialect and intra-dialect correspondences, depending on the specific phonetic position. The subject of the research is the dialects of the Moksha language. Objective: to research the representative potential of the Finno-Ugric non-first syllable *ä in the Moksha dialects in accordance with the phonetic environment; to determine its correspondences and to map the distribution areal. Research materials: the data collected during dialectological expeditions by the graduate students and employees of the Linguistics Sector of the Research Institute for the Humanities under the Government of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as by students of the National Department of the Philological Faculty of the Mordovian State University in the period from 2000 to 2015. Results and novelty of the research: in the result of our research, we came to the conclusion that the reflexes of the Finno- Ugric phoneme *ä of the non-first syllable are represented in all three dialects of the Moksha language. The historical vowel has survived only in the so called ä-dialect. It is observed in the position of a closed syllable in the presence of the same vowel in the first syllable (in several words), as well as in the position of an open syllable with front vowels in the first syllable, where it alternates with a back vowel a; in the other two dialects it corresponds to the vowel of the middle rise e. In the absolute outcome of most of the words *ä was realized into Ч, ə and ě, ə, which in the auslaut of names after a single consonant, being in a weak position, is dropped out. The vowel elision at the morphemic junction continues to the present day. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that the history of the development of the Finno-Ugric phoneme *ä of the non-first syllable has not been sufficiently considered. The relevance of the chosen topic is dictated by the need to study the unique features of the vocalism of the Moksha dialects in connection with the deep assimilative processes occurring in the language.

Real options in business valuation and investment

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Андрей Гусев ◽  
Andrey Gusev
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Real Options ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Investment Analysis ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Business Valuation ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Specific Calculations

In the presented monograph discusses the major problems associated with the development of methods of investment analysis and application of real options method in the assessment of efficiency of investment projects and valuation of enterprise (business). Disclosed the content of the basic models of evaluation of real options, a classification of real options, the theoretical principles supported by specific calculations. Scientific publication intended for graduate students, University teachers, scientific employees, specializing in the field of management of investment activity of enterprises and business valuation.

Jordanian graduate students’ complaints on Facebook: Semantic formulas and politeness

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-165
Author(s):  
Fathi Migdadi ◽  
Muhammad A. Badarneh ◽  
Laila Khwaylih
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
The Other ◽  
Indirect Speech ◽  
Student Union ◽  
Closed Group ◽  
Indirect Speech Acts ◽  
Face Saving

Abstract This study examines Jordanian graduate students' complaints posted on a Facebook closed group and directed to the representatives of Student Union at Jordan University of Science and Technology to be transferred to the officials concerned. In line with Boxer (1993b), the study considers the students' complaints to be indirect speech acts, as the addressee(s) are not the source of the offense. Using a sample of 60 institutional complaining posts, the researchers have analysed the complaints in terms of their semantic formulas, politeness functions and correlations with the gender of the complainers. The students’ complaints are classified into six semantic formulas of which the act statement element is indispensable as the complaint is stated in it. The other five formulas, ordered according to their frequency, are opener, remedy, appreciative closing, justification and others. Despite the negative affect typically involved in the complaining act, the semantic formulas identified in this study are found to signal politeness and fit into Brown and Levinson’s (1987) pool of face-saving strategies rather than face-threatening acts. Specifically, when the graduate students direct their Facebook complaints to the students' representatives, they tend to offer camaraderie with them to be encouraged to pursue the problems specified in the complainers’ posts.

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