Lexical bundles as an intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary mark: A corpus-based study of research articles from business, biology, and applied linguistics

Yin, Xiaoyi; Li, Shuangling

doi:10.1016/j.acorp.2021.100006

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“…In summary, MVPs provide an innovative approach to the investigation of academic discourse and a different perspective for understanding the construction of academic knowledge and disciplinary features. It is widely believed that disciplinary features are reflected in typical linguistic resources (Yin & Li, 2021), and our investigation of MVPs has refreshed this understanding. Verbs functioning metadiscursively in fixed or semi-fixed patterns augment the toolbox of metadiscourse, with which writing efficiency and a proper rhetorical strategy for using verbal resources are warranted.…”

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Interdisciplinary variations of metadiscursive verb patterns in English research articles

Chen,

2023

Int J App Linguistics

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The widespread use of metadiscourse is vital to the study of academic discourse and genre analysis. This article focuses on the concept of metadiscursive verb patterns (MVPs) and examines their variation in English research articles across four domains representing hard/soft‐pure and hard/soft‐applied disciplines. Based on a bottom‐up investigation of a self‐compiled corpus, three findings are highlighted: (1) the crucial rhetorical roles of MVPs were established by their distinct functions in knowledge construction; (2) significant interdisciplinary variations of MVPs reflected the typical written conventions shared by writers of different disciplinary communities; and (3) the association between (sub‐)categories of MVPs and disciplines foregrounded the most popular rhetorical strategies for using MVPs and salient disciplinary features. These findings are discussed in terms of the factors governing the use of MVPs and identification of disciplinary boundaries. Pedagogical considerations for understanding MVPs and proper rhetorical strategies for using these tools are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Interdisciplinary variations of metadiscursive verb patterns in English research articles

Chen,

2023

Int J App Linguistics

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“…For the novice researchers who attempt to publish journal articles, the awareness of the connections between rhetorical moves and their typical realisations visible in lexical bundles may help in improving the clarity of argumentation and making their writing more persuasive. What should be noted, though, is that this study primarily concentrates on one discipline, the lexical bundles in which may not be fully used in other disciplines (see e.g., Ren 2021;Yin & Li 2021). Therefore, it is recommended that other disciplines be examined in future studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

Connecting the Functions of Lexical Bundles and Moves in Published Research Articles: The Case of Developmental and Educational Psychology

Yang

2022

NJES

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The Introduction-Methods-Results-Discussion (IMRD) pattern is frequently used in research articles (RAs) in many disciplines. Following the IMRD format enables writers to organize research content more easily, and thoroughly understanding IMRD sections and their functions will facilitate the writing of IMRD-structured RAs (Mack 2018). Studying lexical bundles, especially their functions, can help understand how research writing is organized. Combining top-down move analysis of RAs with bottom-up frequency-based identification of bundle functions can provide evidence for the occurrence of bundle functions in a particular position of an RA. However, previous studies integrating these two approaches tend to focus on RA Introductions, lacking a systematic investigation of the other three sections. To fill this gap, the present study connects bundle functions and moves in all the sections of RAs in the field of developmental and educational psychology. The results reveal that there are differences between RA sections in terms of the functional distribution of lexical bundles, which are related to the respective roles of the four sections in RAs. The results also show that lexical bundles of certain functions stand out in the moves of each RA section. For novice writers, awareness of such salient combinations of bundle functions and specific moves in the IMRD sections may improve the clarity of argumentation and make their writing more persuasive.

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“…As for length, previous studies tend to focus on three-, four-, and five-word bundles. Four-word bundles have received the most attention ( Hong, 2019 ; Liu and Lu, 2019 ; Lu and Deng, 2019 ; Shirazizadeh and Amirfazlian, 2021 ; Yin and Li, 2021 ; Cui and Kim, 2022 ), followed by three-and five-word bundles. This study only involves three- to five-word bundles because the number of two-word bundles is too overwhelming, while six-word bundles or longer ones contain too many shorter bundles, which might cause overlapping issues.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Range is another crucial factor in bundle extraction. Previous studies tend to set it as appearing in at least 5 different texts ( Biber et al, 2004 ; Pan et al, 2016 ; Omidian et al, 2018 ; Cui and Kim, 2021b ), or in 10% of all the texts ( Hyland, 2008a ; Hong and Hua, 2018 ; Hyland and Jiang, 2018 ; Shirazizadeh and Amirfazlian, 2021 ; Yin and Li, 2021 ) in a corpus. Researchers might choose a range threshold out of different concerns, but the total number of texts is a main concern.…”

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Structural and functional differences between bundles of different lengths: A corpus-driven study

Cui

Kim

2023

Front. Psychol.

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This pilot study aims to investigate the differences between varying lengths of bundles in structure and function by comparing the 100 most frequent three-, four-, and five-word bundles in a self-built corpus of dissertations which contains about 3.5 million words. The findings reveal considerable variances between bundles of different lengths in terms of both structure and function. In general, the variances between three-and four-word bundles are greater than those between four-and five-word bundles, and three-and five-word bundles. Structurally, three-and four-word bundles differ significantly in all six main categories. Four-and five-word bundles vary in five categories, while three-and five-word bundles are only different in four categories. Functionally, noticeable variances were observed in research-, text- and participant-oriented bundles between three-and four-word bundles, and three-and five-word bundles. However, four-and five-word bundles only differ significantly in text- and participant-oriented bundles. Interestingly, bundles of varying lengths also vary in patterns that are used to perform the same functions. The results of this study might inform researchers that they need to take bundle lengths into consideration when making generalizations of their findings or comparing bundles between various studies.

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Lexical bundles as an intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary mark: A corpus-based study of research articles from business, biology, and applied linguistics

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Interdisciplinary variations of metadiscursive verb patterns in English research articles

Interdisciplinary variations of metadiscursive verb patterns in English research articles

Connecting the Functions of Lexical Bundles and Moves in Published Research Articles: The Case of Developmental and Educational Psychology

Structural and functional differences between bundles of different lengths: A corpus-driven study

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