scholarly journals Linguistic Variations across Disciplines: A Multidimensional Analysis of Pakistani Research Articles

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Aniqa Rashid ◽  
Muhammad Asim Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Linguistic Variation ◽  
Linguistic Identity

The current research explores the linguistic identity of Pakistani Academic writing register of Research Articles. Previous quantitative works on Pakistani academic writing have been insufficient due to unrepresentative data and lack of internal and external comparison. This study discovers the language of Pakistani research articles as an academic writing register by investigating the statistically significant linguistic variation among the disciplines of Pakistani Research articles, using Biber’s (1988) five textual dimensions. The results of the study exhibit Pakistani academic research articles language as highly impersonal, non-persuasive, explicit, nonnarrative and informational.

scholarly journals Revealing Disciplinary Variation in Pakistani Academic Writing: A Multidimensional Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Musarrat Azher ◽  
Rabia Faiz ◽  
Ayesha Izhar ◽  
Riffat-un Nisa ◽  
Samina Ali
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Variation ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
British English ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Different Levels

Pakistani English as a non-native variety exhibits variation at different levels of language. Early quantitative studies on Pakistani English have compared individual linguistic features of Pakistani English with their counterparts in British English and claimed about the distinctive identity of Pakistani English as an indigenous variety. Pakistani English need to be compared at the level of register to further highlight its unique features and strengthen its distinct identity. Based on a special purpose corpus, the present research paper endeavors to investigate linguistic variation across disciplines in Pakistani academic writing as a register. Disciplinary variation is explored along with five new textual dimensions identified and labeled through the technique of Multidimensional analysis (Azher & Mehmood, 2016). The ANOVA results reveal that statistically significant differences are found among disciplines on all the new dimensions of Pakistani Academic Writing. The findings underline the implications for discipline-specific and register-based pedagogies with special reference to Pakistani English.

scholarly journals Linguistic Variation across Research Sections of Pakistan Academic Writing: A Multidimensional Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Musarrat Azher ◽  
Muhammad Asim Mehmood ◽  
Syed Imran Shah
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Language Variation ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Variation ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Linguistic Patterns

With the concept of language variation, it has become utmost important to analyze linguistic patterns across register. Pakistani academic writing like other registers in Pakistan is an area that still seeks the attention of the researchers and linguists. This target register needs to be fully described in terms of linguistic characteristics to strengthen the distinct identity of Pakistani academic writing as a register. The present research strives to explore linguistic variation across research sections of Pakistani academic writing as a register along with five new textual dimensions explored through the technique of Multidimensional analysis (Azher & Mehmood, 2016). The research is based on the corpus of 235 M. Phil and PhD research dissertations taken from different universities all over Pakistan. The corpus was further divided into five research sections and was tagged for 189 linguistic features. The ANOVA results on variation among research sections indicate that there lie statistically significant differences among research sections of Pakistani Academic Writing on all the new textual dimensions.

scholarly journals Authorial Stance In Counseling Research Articles

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Cazares-Cervantes ◽  
April LaGue ◽  
Cass Dykeman
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Counselor Educators ◽  
Random Selection ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Reference Corpus ◽  
Selection Of

A popular notion is that authors in academic research articles merely convey propositional information. However, as Hyland has shown, authors in academic writing also use a range of devices to organize their texts, engage readers, and signal their attitudes to both their material and their readers (Hyland & Tse, 2004). In the present study, three counselor educators examined the use of the devices of Self-Mentions, Boosters, Attitude Markers, and Hedges within a stratified random selection of research articles from 24 peer-reviewed counseling journals. Compared to a reference corpus of social science articles, counseling journals contained a greater use of self-mentions, attitude markers, and hedges. Implications for writers submitting their research to peer-reviewed counseling journals were presented.

More than discipline: uncovering multi-dimensional patterns of variation in academic research articles

Corpora ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethany Gray
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Linguistic Variation ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Multiple Parameters ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Dimensions Of Variation

Research analysing linguistic variation in research articles (RAs) across academic disciplines typically employs a relatively coarse definition of RAs: any text published in an academic journal that reports on primary research. This definition assumes that articles within a single discipline which report on distinct research methodologies are similar linguistically. Yet little empirical work has investigated this assumption. This study uses multi-dimensional analysis to analyse variation in the use of seventy lexical and grammatical features in 270 research articles representing three sub-registers (theoretical, qualitative and quantitative research reports) in six disciplines (philosophy, history, applied linguistics, political science, biology and physics). The resulting dimensions of variation indicate that linguistic variation occurs along multiple parameters, not only across disciplinary lines. For example, variation also corresponds to the differing purposes and types of evidence associated with the three research paradigms. This article explores each of these complex patterns of variation to move towards a more comprehensive understanding of language use within and across disciplines, and considers the implications of these findings for future corpus-based analyses of disciplinary variation.

scholarly journals English and Serbian academic discourses analyzed in the light of ‘explicit reflexivity’ parameters

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Slavka Blagojević
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
Language Typology ◽  
Academic Discourses

The parameters of ‘explicit reflexivity’ have been used as an analytical tool for examining English and Serbian academic research articles in order to depict their characteristics concerning this language phenomenon. Since the employment of discourse reflexivity in academic writing is seen as the writer’s readiness to facilitate the readers’ path through the text, its presence in the two academic discourses will be interpreted in the light of Hinds’s language typology (1987), which distinguishes writing cultures with respect to the writer’s vs. the reader’s responsibility for successful written communication. Therefore, the degree of the writer’s awareness of his/her role in the process of communicating will be mirrored by the number of reflexive elements identified, and the two types of discourses will be described on the same basis.

scholarly journals Linguistic Variation across Research Sections: A Multidimensional Analysis of Pakistani Academic Journal Articles

2017 ◽  
Vol II (I) ◽  
pp. 15-37
Author(s):  
Aniqa Rashid ◽  
Muhammad Asim Mahmood ◽  
Sajid Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Linguistic Variation ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Five Dimensions

This research analyzes academic journal articles in Pakistan by exploring their linguistic variations in different sections through multidimensional analysis. The analysis identifies the language of Pakistani academic journal articles. The corpus of Pakistani academic journal articles has been culled from a variety of research articles published in Pakistani academic journals. The data have been analyzed along five dimensions of Biber’s (1988) Multidimensional analysis model. The ANOVA result of Pakistani academic journal articles reveals significant differences among research sections of journal articles along Biber’s five dimensions. The finding describes the nature of Pakistani academic journal research articles as informational, impersonal, nonnarrative, elaborated, explicit, and nonpersuasive.

The Scribal Repertoire of Amennakhte Son of Ipuy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Polis
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Variation ◽  
New Kingdom ◽  
The Core ◽  
Scribal Habits

This chapter investigates linguistic variation in the texts written by the Deir el-Medina scribe Amennakhte son of Ipuy in New Kingdom Egypt (Twentieth Dynasty; c. 1150 BCE). After a discussion of the challenge posed by the identification of scribes and authors in this sociocultural setting, I provide an overview of the corpus of texts that can tentatively be linked to this individual and justify the selection that has been made for the present study. The core of this paper is then devoted to a multidimensional analysis of Amennakhte’s linguistic registers. By combining the results of this section with a description of Amennakhte’s scribal habits—both at the graphemo-morphological and constructional levels—I test the possibility of using ‘idiolectal’ features to identify the scribe (or the author) of other texts stemming from the community of Deir el-Medina and closely related to Amennakhte.

scholarly journals Evidence or Evidence Based Practice? An Analysis of IASL Research Forum Papers, 1998-2009

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Marcia A. Mardis
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
International Association ◽  
School Library ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Research Reporting ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Or Practice

Objective - Conferences are essential opportunities for professional development and for learning about research. This study analyses papers presented in the Research Forum track of the International Association of School Librarians (IASL) conferences to determine whether the amount of school library research reporting increased or decreased over time; who (i.e., what author roles and affiliations) has written about research; which countries were represented in the research articles; what topics were discussed in research articles; and what research methodologies were used. The aim was to determine the extent to which the Research Forum provides research evidence that relates to practice. Methods - This study continues the longitudinal analysis of published school library research begun by Clyde (1996) by analyzing Research Forum papers published in IASL conference proceedings from 1998-2009 and using the same approaches and metrics as previous studies by Clyde (e.g., 1996; 2002; 2004), Clyde and Oberg (2004), and Oberg (2006). Results - Conference paper topics, author origins, quantities, and research approaches remained static through the 11 years analyzed. The analysis reveals that the papers’ authors, methods, and topics reflected those found in previous studies of school library research. As well as replicating previous studies, the role of academic research at a practitioner-based conference was investigated. Conclusions - Based on long-established imperatives from leaders in the profession, the IASL conferences provide both evidence and evidence -based practice for school librarians from all over the world. However, when scholarly research is shared at practitioner venues, it is possible that school librarians may assume that research results constitute evidence -based practice (EBP), not evidence upon which practice should be based. This distinction is important if considering that the purpose of academic research is to objectively inform, not to advocate a particular position or practice. The Research Forum can be a valuable venue for the presentation of empirical research findings and conclusions and objective program evaluations and provide a valuable complement to the evidence -based practice descriptions shared in the Professional Papers portion of the conference program. It is argued that the Research Forum must be clear in its purpose: to present the results of research; to present effective practice determined by rigorous evaluation; or to present research-supported arguments for the support of school libraries. Through a reconceptualization of EBP, the paper demonstrates how EBP is both a method and a methodology for the presentation of school library research and practice in a conference atmosphere.

scholarly journals Stance and modals of obligation and necessity in academic writing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Parkinson
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Student Writing ◽  
Modal Auxiliaries ◽  
Objective Meaning ◽  
Published Research

Abstract Variation has been demonstrated in modal use between written and spoken registers and between disciplines. This article investigates variation within a discipline by comparing modals of obligation and necessity used in three science genres. Obligation modals project strong authoritative stance, thus contrasting with the tendency in academic writing towards tentativeness. The modal auxiliaries must and should and quasi-modals have to and need to are investigated using student writing from the BAWE (British Academic Written English) corpus and a corpus of published research articles. Findings include a dearth of obligation modals in the empirical genres (research articles and laboratory reports). Also a greater prominence was found of dynamic modal meaning (where necessity arises from circumstances) rather than deontic meaning (where the necessity arises from human authority or rules). A further finding is the prominence of objective meaning in the science register compared with the International Corpus of English (Collins 2009a).

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