Regularities and Irregularities in Rhetorical Move Structure of Linguistics Abstracts in Research Articles

Khansari, Delaram; Chan, Swee Heng; Chan, Mei Yuit; Tan, Hao

doi:10.17576/3l-2016-2201-04

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“…In this light, prior research claims that rhetorical styles of particular genres are worth exploring in the English as Academic Purposes (EAP) class (Loi et al, 2015). It is also essential to introduce the concept of rhetorical styles in the academic writing class as an effort to assist them in writing a specific genre (Khansari et al, 2016), especially research articles.…”

Section: Pedagogical Implicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rhetorical styles of Introduction in English language teaching (ELT) research articles

Rochma

Triastuti

Ashadi

2020

Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist.

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Research articles have been considered as the primary media of knowledge production. Nevertheless, for some undergraduate students, writing a research article can be a challenging task since they need to be aware of its rhetorical styles. Even though previous studies have been conducted to reveal the rhetorical styles of scientific papers, yet tend to focus more on research articles obtained from well-established journals. Hence, this study aims to reveal the rhetorical styles and draw the rhetoric pattern from the introduction section of 73 research articles written by the undergraduate students of English Language Education (ELE) at a state university in Yogyakarta. This is a qualitative investigation whose data were collected by random sampling technique and went through Safnil’s (2013) four analysis stages. As the primary framework for analysis, the modified CARS (Create a Research Space) model (Swales Feak, 2004) was adopted. The results show that Step 2: Making topic generalization in Move 1 and Step 1B: Indicating a gap in Move 2 are the obligatory steps in writing the introduction section. Nevertheless, the results reveal that mostly undergraduate research papers lack 1 step in Move 1, 2 steps in Move 2, and 3 steps in Move 3. The omission of steps in the CARS model by these student-authors seems to happen due to two major factors, namely the scarcity of control over the writing process and linguistic resources, hence suggesting pedagogical implications for academic writing courses.

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Section: Pedagogical Implicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rhetorical styles of Introduction in English language teaching (ELT) research articles

Rochma

Triastuti

Ashadi

2020

Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist.

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“…There were other previous studies, whose findings were in accordance with this study finding which showed inclination of use 'Four-move model'. Those findings are such as the study of RA abstracts conducted by Tseng (2011) which analyzed ninety samples RA abstracts from three international journals, Wang and Tu (2014) whose corpus was thousand RA abstracts from four journals showing dominant use of 'Four move model' among others, and Khansari, D. et al (2016) mentioning that 'Four move model' (IMRD) followed international conventions which referred to (Swales, 1990), ISO 214 and suggested by American Psychological Association (2001).…”

Section: Tendency Of Rhetorical Move Usagementioning

confidence: 99%

Rhetorical Moves and Linguistic Realizations of Research Article Abstracts by Indonesian Authors in Applied Linguistics Published in International Journals

Hakim

Arsyad

Syahrial

2021

J. appl. linguist. lit.

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The existence of abstract is compulsory within a research article (RA). Abstract is a summary or brief overview that describes entire content of RA. At a glimpse, abstract tells readers what the RA is all about and at the same time, it acknowledges readers and allows them indirectly to give pre-assessment about quality of the RA. This study aims to find rhetorical moves and linguistic features; tenses and voice forms of RA abstracts by Indonesian authors in Applied Linguistics published in international journals. Using content analysis method, sixty RA abstracts were extracted from two international journals; Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (IJAL) and TEFLIN journal, and examined based on their rhetorical move following five-move model by Hyland (2005) and Arsyad (2014) for fact-finding. The results reveal; 1) Move 2 (Aim/ Purpose), Move 3 (Method) and Move 4 (Finding/ Result) exist in total sixty RA abstracts, unlike Move 1 (Introduction) and Move 5 (Conclusion and Suggestion), 2) The Simple Present Tense is major tense to apply in all rhetorical moves except in Move 3 (Method) in which Past Tense is mostly used. 3) Active voice dominates rhetorical moves except in Move 3 (Method) in which Passive voice is precisely more applied. This study concludes that the use of rhetorical move models and linguistic features in RA abstracts implies the quality of RA abstracts. Indonesian authors are suggested to follow international standards and trends to achieve outstanding RA abstract.

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“…Rhetorical move/step genre analyses of various texts have proliferated enormously. Several studies have investigated the generic move structure of RA abstracts in the following disciplines: linguistics (Zand-Vakili & Kashani 2012, Can et al 2016, Khansari et al 2016, literature (Tankó 2017), social sciences (Martıń 2003), accounting (Amnuai 2019), medicine (Salager-Meyer 1990), civil engineering (Kanoksilapatham 2013) and dentistry (Shamsabadi et al 2014, Vathanalaoha & Tangkiengsirisin 2018. Vathanalaoha and Tangkiengsirisin (2018) studied the move structure of Thai dental RA abstracts and international dental RA abstracts.…”

Section: Studies On Generic Structures Of Ra Abstractsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Alyousef

2021

D&I

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The abstract is one of the most important sections in a research article (RA) because it is the first section researchers read to determine whether it is relevant to their research. The abstract provides an overview or summary of the entire article. In the dentistry discipline, the RA abstract can either be structured using headings or written as a summary. However, subdisciplinary investigations of intradisciplinary (within the same discipline) variations of move structures in dentistry RA abstracts are lacking. This study aimed to investigate the prototypical rhetorical move structure realizations of 119 English RA abstracts in eight dentistry disciplines: Oral Sciences, Periodontics, Restorative Dentistry, Endodontics, Operative Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Orthodontics. It also aimed to investigate whether there are any intradisciplinary variations and/or similarities between the eight dentistry subdisciplines in terms of move sequence and length. The findings showed a lack of intradisciplinary variations in the rhetorical four-move structure (Purpose-Method-Result-Conclusion) across the eight dentistry subdisciplines. The Introduction/Background move was not present in all the dentistry subdisciplines; therefore, it is optional in five subdisciplines but conventional in the Oral Sciences, Endodontics, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery subdisciplines since its occurrence exceeded 60 per cent of investigated RA abstracts of those subdisciplines. The analysis of the move lengths indicated the importance of the Methods and the Results moves in dental research discourse because each move constituted over 25 per cent of text space. The findings revealed the importance of drawing learners’ attention to the research gap when establishing the context for a study. Future studies may employ the proposed move-analysis model for RA abstract analyses in other academic disciplines.

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Regularities and Irregularities in Rhetorical Move Structure of Linguistics Abstracts in Research Articles

Cited by 10 publications

References 28 publications

Rhetorical styles of Introduction in English language teaching (ELT) research articles

Rhetorical styles of Introduction in English language teaching (ELT) research articles

Rhetorical Moves and Linguistic Realizations of Research Article Abstracts by Indonesian Authors in Applied Linguistics Published in International Journals

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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