A Move Structure Model for Dentistry Research Article Abstracts: A Genre-Based Study of Variations and Similarities in Eight Dentistry Subdisciplines

Alyousef, Hesham Suleiman

doi:10.5817/di2021-1-25

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“…The analysis of the length of each move aimed to investigate the move(s) occupying the most text space. Following Alyousef (2021), Research Gap and Implications/Suggestions were embedded with their relevant moves to avoid confounding the study results as annotating these separately is more useful when dealing with full-length RAs.…”

Section: Move(s) Occupying the Most Text Space In Political Science Ra Abstractsmentioning

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“…Inter-coder reliability was conducted to ascertain whether the annotated move boundaries are set at a high level of agreement. Following Alyousef (2021), each move boundary was identified and marked by double slashes even if it occurred mid-sentence as the study was concerned with the communicative function of each move. This procedure accounts for instances where two moves are embedded in one sentence.…”

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“…Most scholars (Rashidi & Meihami, 2018; Stoller & Robinson, 2013; Tankó, 2017) argue that the Results move is often the longest part of an RA abstract. Whereas Cross and Oppenheim’s (2006) and Can et al’s (2016) studies of zoology and applied linguistics, respectively, revealed that the Methods’ move occupied the most text space, Alyousef’s (2021) study of dentistry RA abstracts showed that the Methods and Results moves are the dominant moves. Similar investigations of political science RA abstracts are lacking.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other scholars investigated textual space (or length) allocated for each move in an RA abstract (Alyousef, 2021; Can et al, 2016; Cross & Oppenheim, 2006; Rashidi & Meihami, 2018) to reveal disciplinary-specific variations or similarities. Most scholars (Rashidi & Meihami, 2018; Stoller & Robinson, 2013; Tankó, 2017) argue that the Results move is often the longest part of an RA abstract.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Rhetorical move structure analyses of RA abstracts in various disciplines have proliferated enormously during the past three decades to investigate whether they converge with any of these models or not, such as linguistics (Can et al, 2016;Kaya & Yagiz, 2020;Khansari et al, 2016;Zand-Vakili & Kashani, 2012), literature (Tankó, 2017), business (Amnuai, 2019;Zanina, 2017), civil engineering (Kanoksilapatham, 2013), medicine (Salager-Meyer, 1990), zoology (Cross & Oppenheim, 2006), and dentistry (Alyousef, 2021;Shamsabadi et al, 2014;Vathanalaoha & Tangkiengsirisin, 2018). Samraj (2005), for example, employed Bhatia's (1993) four-move pattern (P-M-R-Conclusion [C]) for linguistics discipline to investigate the move structure in 24 RA abstracts from two related disciplines, namely, Wildlife Behavior and Conservation Biology, and found that the move structure of abstracts varies between and across different disciplines.…”

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Structure of Research Article Abstracts in Political Science: A Genre-Based Study

Alyousef

2021

Sage Open

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The research article (RA) abstract is the first section researchers read to determine its relevance to their interests. Researchers need to possess an implicit knowledge of the rhetorical move structure and organization of this section. Unlike most scientific disciplines, political science RA abstracts are unstructured, that is, with no headings (or moves), which makes it more challenging. To the best of our knowledge, the rhetorical move structure in high readership political science RA abstracts has not been researched. This study investigated (a) the rhetorical move structure in 120 political science RA abstracts from six high-impact journals, (b) the most common move patterns, and (c) the move(s) occupying most textual space. The findings indicated the lack of obligatory moves. A move structure model for writing a political science RA abstract is proposed, comprising four conventional moves (Introduction [I]–Purpose [P]–Methods [M]–Results [R]) and two optional step/move, namely, Research Gap step and Discussion [D] move. The results also showed that the first most frequent move pattern is I-P-M-R-D, followed by I-P-M-R and the I-P-R-D. The fact that an RA abstract summarizes the whole RA results in move embedding, particularly in the four moves, I-P-M-R. The findings revealed the importance of the Results move as it occupied nearly one third of text space. The results may contribute to the fields of discourse and genre studies. They may provide invaluable insights for novice political science researchers attempting to publish their work in high-ranking journals. The proposed move structure model can act as a guide for English for Academic Purposes (EAP)/English for Specific Purposes (ESP) tutors and political science authors.

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Section: Move(s) Occupying the Most Text Space In Political Science Ra Abstractsmentioning

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Alyousef

2021

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The Triangle of Language Use: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Hotel Responses to Reviews

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Laosrirattanachai

2024

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Mastery of the art of crafting online reviews and responses is essential as a valuable additional tool for enhancing learners’ English proficiency in specialised contexts. This study aims to: 1) Examine the formality levels in crafting reviews and responses; 2) Explore face-threatening acts utilised in reviews and politeness strategies employed in responses; and 3) Uncover moves and steps in composing reviews and responses. Data was collected from the Top 25 Hotels in the World in 2022 according to Tripadvisor.com. Six distinct corpora were formed, comprising positive, negative, and mixed reviews, along with corresponding responses, resulting in 87,973 tokens. Findings show reviewers leaned towards casual language (85.87%), while respondents used a consultative style (82.67%) in their responses. The shift from casual to consultative occurred most frequently (70.67%). For politeness, admiration (73.07%) and expressions of complaints/reprimands (64.53%) were common in reviews. In responses, strategies like offering, promising, or giving gifts (72.00%) and apologising and begging for forgiveness (50.40%) were prevalent. Reviews used three moves and ten steps, while responses employed six moves and 16 steps. These insights can be integrated into ESP classrooms to enhance review and response writing skills effectively.

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Rhetorical structural patterns of postgraduate theses abstracts of related disciplines: A genre study

Mintah

2024

D&I

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The study of research abstracts has gained significant scholarly attention as part of genre studies due to the communicative importance of abstracts in constructing academic knowledge. This study contributes to the discussion by examining the structural organization and lexico-grammatical features of ninety (90) postgraduate theses abstracts in the disciplines of English Language studies, Literature studies, and Linguistics studies (Ghanaian Languages). The abstracts were purposively sampled from the graduate theses of departments of the School of Languages, the University of Ghana. The data was analyzed using Hyland’s (2000) genre model of research abstracts. The findings reveal that abstracts of English Language studies and Linguistics studies (Ghanaian Languages) are often informative while Literature studies abstracts are more indicative and possess distinct structuring of the moves. The Purpose move (M2) remains obligatory and the Conclusion move (M5) is optional across the disciplines. Also, some lexico-grammatical features in the linguistic choices of scholars in the three disciplines point to evidential differences that mark informative abstracts as varying from indicative abstracts. The study concludes that identifying the discipline-specific function of the abstracts may be the best means to account for variations in abstracts of varying disciplines and calls for the deliberate enculturation of academics into discipline-oriented research writing skills to improve the presentation of research ideas in abstracts.

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A Move Structure Model for Dentistry Research Article Abstracts: A Genre-Based Study of Variations and Similarities in Eight Dentistry Subdisciplines

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Structure of Research Article Abstracts in Political Science: A Genre-Based Study

Structure of Research Article Abstracts in Political Science: A Genre-Based Study

The Triangle of Language Use: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Hotel Responses to Reviews

Rhetorical structural patterns of postgraduate theses abstracts of related disciplines: A genre study

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