Rhetorical functions of citations in high- and low-rated master's theses

Petrić, Bojana

doi:10.1016/j.jeap.2007.09.002

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“…This is why vidential are very important in both professional academic writing (Hyland 1999, Harwood 2009) and in student writing (e.g. Petrić 2007). It was observed that NUL students used vidential mainly for attribution, that is, reporting what the cited authors said or did.…”

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Interacting with Readers: Metadiscourse Features in National University of Lesotho Undergraduate Students’ Academic Writing

Letsoela

2014

IJL

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This study examines the use of metadiscourse in National University of Lesotho [NUL] students" academic writing. Focusing on final year undergraduate students" research reports, the study identifies metadiscourse expressions used by the students and their apparent intentions in using such expressions Data for this study were the discussion sections of the students" research projects. The analysis involved identifying and quantifying instances of metadiscourse, as well as interpreting the functions of the used metadiscourse expressions. The manual analysis was supported by a computerized text analysis program, Wordsmith Tools. The model used for the analysis was proposed by Hyland and Tse (2004) and further developed by . Findings reveal that NUL students are more concerned with producing coherent texts than explicitly intruding into their texts and engaging the readers. This was seen in the high frequencies of interactive metadiscourse and considerably low frequencies of interactive metadiscourse (1688 as against 395). Students generally avoided self-mentions (typically first person pronouns) and engagement markers to directly address readers. This seems to have been a direct influence of the instruction they received in the compulsory first year course on Communication and Study Skills.

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Section: International Journal Of Linguisticsmentioning

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Interacting with Readers: Metadiscourse Features in National University of Lesotho Undergraduate Students’ Academic Writing

Letsoela

2014

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“…Although it could be argued that these students' citation practice characterises students' citation employment and is sufficient for them to show their familiarity with the knowledge in the field (Jalilifar & Dabbi 2012, Petri! 2007, a closer look at their texts in which two citation types were equally employed revealed that they were inexperienced in using citations.…”

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“…Additionally, although applying limited citation functions by M.A. students is reported to be due to their not being at an appropriate stage of linguistic or intellectual development (Charles 2006, Hyland 1999, Petri! 2007, their preference for only two citation functions may be indicative of their less proficient knowledge of citation use.…”

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Citation Practice in the Whole TESOL Master’s Theses by Vietnamese Postgraduates

Nguyen

Pramoolsook

2016

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“…una atención prioritaria al estudio de las citas. Las investigaciones posteriores en este campo (Thompson, 2001(Thompson, , 2005Petrić, 2007;Samraj, 2008;Harwood, 2009) desde una perspectiva lingüística vienen a darles la razón. Sin embargo, no hemos de obviar que antes de que el análisis textual y el análisis del discurso comenzaran a interesarse por esta materia, ya mucho tiempo antes otras disciplinas las habían convertido en su objeto principal de estudio, como la Sociología de la Ciencia o las Ciencias de la Información.…”

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Aplicabilidad de la tipología de funciones retóricas de las citas al género de la memoria de máster en un contexto transcultural de enseñanza universitaria

Sánchez

2013

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ResumenEl objetivo de este artículo es comparar las funciones retóricas que adquieren las citas en 14 memorias de máster escritas por 7 escritores españoles y 7 filipinos en español. Se utiliza una tipología de 9 categorías con el fin de identificar las diferencias retóricas culturales que existen en la práctica de la citación a partir del contraste de este elemento en la cultura filipina y en la española. La metodología utilizada es la del análisis textual del contexto lingüístico en el que aparecen las citas y su clasificación posterior en las 9 categorías señaladas. Los resultados muestran que existen diferencias cuantitativas y cualitativas entre las convenciones culturales de las citas entre ambas nacionalidades. Hay una tendencia mayor por parte del grupo español a utilizar un estilo más argumentativo en la composición de la memoria con respecto al estilo más expositivo de los escritores filipinos, lo que se evidencia en la selección de las funciones retóricas de las citas. Estas diferencias apuntan a la necesidad de desarrollar una didáctica para la enseñanza de las funciones retóricas de las citas que garantice un acercamiento transcultural en esta práctica a los escritores que elaboran un trabajo universitario de investigación en una lengua extranjera.Palabras Clave: Funciones citas, retórica contrastiva, escritura académica.Aplicabilidad de la tipología de funciones retóricas de las citas al género de la memoria de máster en un contexto transcultural de enseñanza universitaria Applicability of the typolog y of rhetorical functions of citations to the master´s thesis genre in cross cultural context of university teachingRevista signos. estudios de Lingüística issn 0718-0934

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Rhetorical functions of citations in high- and low-rated master's theses

Cited by 179 publications

References 10 publications

Interacting with Readers: Metadiscourse Features in National University of Lesotho Undergraduate Students’ Academic Writing

Interacting with Readers: Metadiscourse Features in National University of Lesotho Undergraduate Students’ Academic Writing

Citation Practice in the Whole TESOL Master’s Theses by Vietnamese Postgraduates

Aplicabilidad de la tipología de funciones retóricas de las citas al género de la memoria de máster en un contexto transcultural de enseñanza universitaria

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