Transitivity Structure of Research Articles: Variations across Sections

Autor/in	Zheng, Xindi
Titel	Transitivity Structure of Research Articles: Variations across Sections
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 14 (2021) 8, S.8-18 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Research Reports; Academic Language; Discourse Analysis; Computational Linguistics; Language Styles; Periodicals; Applied Linguistics; Journal Articles; Text Structure; Writing Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Linguistic Theory; Documentation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research report; Forschungsbericht; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Diskursanalyse; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Sprachstil; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Textstruktur; Schreibunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Linguistische Theorie; Dokumentation
Abstract	This study investigates the transitivity structure of research articles and examines the variations of process types across sections, aiming to explore experiential meaning construction in academic discourse. The corpus for this study consists of ten applied linguistics research articles published from 2018 to 2020 in the top journals of the discipline. Features of the transitivity structure of the whole research articles are presented. The distribution of different process types is also examined in relation to the rhetorical purposes and stylistic features of the abstract, introduction, method, results and discussion, and conclusion sections. The findings reveal that transitivity structure could largely reflect the stylistic features of research articles, which are characterized as being informative and objective as well as interpersonal. Results also show that the distribution of process types may contribute to the regularity manifestation and purpose fulfillment of distinctive sections. This study has implications for both academic writers and academic writing courses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01