Rhetorical Variation across Research Article Abstracts in Environmental Science and Applied Linguistics

Saeeaw, Supachai; Tangkiengsirisin, Supong

doi:10.5539/elt.v7n8p81

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“…[21] observed a slightly different order, finding P-M-R-D to be the most frequent, followed by I-P-M-R-D. However, the top two move patterns in our observations are as reported by [25], who also found P-M-R to be the third most widely used pattern and I-P-M-R to be the fourth.…”

Section: Moves Frequency Percentage Of Abstractssupporting

confidence: 42%

“…There has been a considerable amount of research on language use in AL abstracts (e.g., [4,12,16,20,21,24,25]). However, no study has aggregated findings from previous studies into a readable table.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Comparisons have also been made across disciplines, for example Ghasemi and Alavi [18], Hyland [12], Li and Pramoolsook [19], Pho [20], and Saeeaw and Tangkiengsirisin [21]. Min [22] compared the verb tenses of humanities and social sciences (HSS), and natural sciences and technology (NST) research abstracts.…”

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Structure of Moves in Research Article Abstracts in Applied Linguistics

2016

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An abstract summarizes the accompanying article in order to promote it. While many move-analysis studies of abstracts in applied linguistics (AL) have used similar coding frameworks and demonstrated similar rhetorical organizations, their findings have not yet been aggregated to show the overall picture. The present study aimed to both examine move structures in AL abstracts and compare the results with previous studies both synchronically and diachronically. Fifty abstracts were collected from articles published in the journal English for Specific Purposes (ESP) between 2011 and 2013. Sentences were coded using a five-move scheme adapted from previous studies. Combining the results from previous research and the present study showed that most AL abstracts give information on the purpose, methodology, and findings of the associated article, while about half of the articles omit introduction of the topic and discussion of the findings. It was also found that authors frequently violate the move sequence expected by current schemes. These findings consistent with previous research suggest that future researchers informed by move analyses should explore the connection between the findings of move analyses and teaching materials for academic writing.

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Section: Moves Frequency Percentage Of Abstractssupporting

confidence: 42%

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Structure of Moves in Research Article Abstracts in Applied Linguistics

2016

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“…12;2017 coding conventions, the convergent validity and reliability was questionable (Crookes, 1986). Coding reliability analysis, therefore, was carried out to prove that each unit of text constitutes the textual boundary of units at a highly satisfactory level of accordance (Kanoksilapatham, 2005), as drawn into a number of genre-analysis studies, for example, by Kanoksilapatham (2015), Ozturk (2007), Saeeaw and Tangkiengsirisin (2014).…”

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“…A large number of researchers have examined predictable presence of rhetorical moves and steps embedded in a wide variety of text types, e.g. research abstracts (Saeeaw & Tangkiengsirisin, 2014;Suntara & Usaha, 2013) and (sections of) research article (Kanoksilapatham, 2015;Hirano, 2009;Ozturk, 2007).…”

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Comparative Rhetorical Organization of ELT Thesis Introductions Composed by Thai and American Students

Wuttisrisiriporn¹

2017

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Genre analysis is today's dominant approach for textual analysis, especially in the ESP learning and teaching profession. Adopting this approach, the present study compares the Introduction chapters of MA theses in ELT (English Language Teaching) written by Thai students to those written by American university students based on the move-step analysis. Two sets of corpora comprise 30 TSI (Thai student Introduction) and 30 ASI (American student Introduction) Introduction chapters from the theses that followed the traditional five-chapter pattern or ILrMRD. All the TSI and ASI datasets were purposively collected from two electronic databases of graduate theses and dissertations, publicly known ThaiLis Digital Collection and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. These were subsequently analyzed using genre analysis approach. The modified CARS model introduced by Bunton (2002) guides the move-step analysis. To ensure the coding reliability and consistency, the coding analysis of a subset of the entire datasets between the researcher and an expert coder was checked, and the coding agreement was at a highly satisfactory level. The findings demonstrated that both Thai and American MA students followed the moves and steps proposed in the framework to construct their Introduction chapters rhetorically. Both similarities and differences were discovered in the Introduction chapters investigated, in terms of the communicative purpose, the frequency of move-step occurrences, and the move-step classification. Pedagogical implications drawn from the present study are useful for EAP practitioners and research writing instructors, allowing ESL/EFL teachers to equip their graduate students with an appropriate rhetorical outline for thesis Introduction composition.

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The data paper as a sociolinguistic epistemic object: A content analysis on the rhetorical moves used in data paper abstracts

Jiao

2021

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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The data paper is an emerging academic genre that focuses on the description of research data objects. However, there is a lack of empirical knowledge about this rising genre in quantitative science studies, particularly from the perspective of its linguistic features. To fill this gap, this research aims to offer a first quantitative examination of which rhetorical moves-rhetorical units performing a coherent narrative function-are used in data paper abstracts, as well as how these moves are used. To this end, we developed a new classification scheme for rhetorical moves in data paper abstracts by expanding a well-received system that focuses on Englishlanguage research article abstracts. We used this expanded scheme to classify and analyze rhetorical moves used in two flagship data journals, Scientific Data and Data in Brief. We found that data papers exhibit a combination of IMRaD-and data-oriented moves and that the usage differences between the journals can be largely explained by journal policies concerning abstract and paper structure. This research offers a novel examination of how the data paper, a novel data-oriented knowledge representation, is composed, which greatly contributes to a deeper understanding of data and data publication in the scholarly communication system. Table 2: Examples of rhetorical moves as used in our paper sample Move Example

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Rhetorical Variation across Research Article Abstracts in Environmental Science and Applied Linguistics

Cited by 28 publications

References 15 publications

Structure of Moves in Research Article Abstracts in Applied Linguistics

Structure of Moves in Research Article Abstracts in Applied Linguistics

Comparative Rhetorical Organization of ELT Thesis Introductions Composed by Thai and American Students

The data paper as a sociolinguistic epistemic object: A content analysis on the rhetorical moves used in data paper abstracts

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