Rhetorical Move Structure in Abstracts of Research Articles Published in Ecuadorian and American English-Speaking Contexts

Autor/in	Viera, Rodrigo Tovar
Titel	Rhetorical Move Structure in Abstracts of Research Articles Published in Ecuadorian and American English-Speaking Contexts
Quelle	In: Arab World English Journal, 10 (2019) 4, S.74-87 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2229-9327
Schlagwörter	Research Reports; Writing (Composition); Documentation; Contrastive Linguistics; Scientific Research; Native Speakers; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Periodicals; Academic Language; Rhetoric; Communities of Practice; Humanities; Sciences; Foreign Countries; Ecuador; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research report; Forschungsbericht; Schreibübung; Dokumentation; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Muttersprachler; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Rhetorik; Community; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Science; Wissenschaft; Ausland; USA
Abstract	A growing body of literature recognizes the importance of examining research article (RA) abstracts in particular disciplines. RA abstracts, after titles, are the first mini texts that readers may encounter in a scientific paper. Abstracts, therefore, determine the value of the paper and categorize them as good or vague. The present contrastive study aims to investigate the rhetorical organization of RA abstracts published in native and non-native English-speaking countries. It adopts Hyland's (2000) rhetorical structure model: introduction, purpose, method, product, and conclusion. A corpus of eighty RA abstracts written in the fields of humanities (education and sociology) and science (electronics and agronomy) and published in Ecuadorian and American journals between the periods of 2010-2016 constitutes the target data for the analysis. The results show rhetorical variation in the construction of RA abstracts across the four disciplines. These abstracts followed a non-hierarchical five move structure with three stable moves, as of M2, M3, and M4 sections. Research findings add to the claim that in academic writing, different discursive conventions and discourse community practices influence writers' preferred rhetoric and composing patterns. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01