Genre Analysis and Translation - An Investigation of Abstracts of Research Articles in Two Languages (original) (raw)
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The abstract has become the first part that will be read by readers in a research article. Some important aspects in the abstract are move structure and linguistic features. This study examines the rhetorical moves and linguistic features of English research article abstract written by three groups of authors in Applied Linguistics. The research design was mixed method design combining quantitative and qualitative method with the corpus of this study consisted of 60 abstracts by postgraduate students, national and international authors found in RA abstracts. The results show that the common moves by three groups of authors have only three moves (i.e purpose, method, and results). The common linguistic features used by three groups of authors are active voice, present tense, and simple sentence. By comparing the three groups of abstracts the differences are found in the postgraduate students authors. They were used move 1 (Background/ introduction/ situation) fewer than national and international authors. Furthur the postgraduate students used past tense more dominant than present tense and using hedges is more frequently than national and international authors. This study concludes that in writing RA abstracts a writer should adjust the commonly used rules the abstract especially in using 5 moves in the abstracts. INTRODUCTION An abstract is the first part that will be read in the publication journal, research article, thesis, and so on. The readers can overview the content of a journal by reading an abstract. Submitting an abstract is an important thing even in national or international journal. The objective can be more detail seen by reading the abstract. Abstract is beneficial for the reader to identify the keywords that will make it easier for exploring the research.
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Move and step are components that can provide effective contribution to overall communicative purpose in research article. This study aims to investigate the moves and steps in 48 abstracts publication from cross-disciplinary study under UM journal website. The design of this study is qualitative research. Swales et.al (2014) and Hyland's (2000) models are used to identify moves and steps occurrence. The result shows that the majority of abstracts use M3 (46 abstracts), M4 (44 abstracts), M2 (40 abstracts). Authors mostly apply step 1 in M2 (40 times), step 1 in M4 (42 times), and step 3 in M3 (35 times). Abstrak: Moves and Steps adalah komponen yang dapat memberikan kontribusi efektif untuk keseluruhan tujuan komunikasi dalam artikel penelitian. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki langkah-langkah dan langkah-langkah dalam 48 publikasi abstrak dari studi lintas disiplin di situs web jurnal UM. Desain penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif. Model Swales et.al (2014) dan Hyland (2000) digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi keberadaan moves dan steps. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas abstrak menggunakan M3 (46 abstrak), M4 (44 abstrak), M2 (40 abstrak). Penulis kebanyakan menerapkan step 1 di M2 (40 kali), step 1 di M4 (42 kali), dan step 3 di M3 (35 kali).
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The present study explored the rhetorical variations and the relationship within two related genres from two related disciplines. The two related genres were research article abstracts and introductions. The two related disciplines were linguistics and applied linguistics. This chapter provided background of the study, statement of the problem, research objectives and research questions, and significance of the study. The last section listed abbreviations and definition of terms used in the present study. 1.1 Background of the Study Research article is the dominant form of professional paper whose communicative purpose is mainly to share new findings with other members of the authors' discourse community. Writing a paper that is acceptable for publication in a scholarly journal is a challenge to novice writers, especially for non-native speakers. They have to follow a particular pattern of organization accepted by members of that professional community. Understanding the pattern of organization of research articles in such a profession is essential. For the textual overview of the research article, Bruce (1983) suggested that the predominant Introduction-Method-Results-Discussion format follows the logical cycle of an inductive inquiry. Research article abstracts and introductions are at the beginning of an article. They are the first parts of an article to be read by readers. Salager-Meyer (1992) stated Table 2.1 The Comparisons of ESP, New Rhetoric and Australian Genre Studies Schools ESP Genre Analysis New Rhetoric Studies Australian Genre Studies Defining Criteria Communicative purpose Recurrent social actions Goal-oriented purposeful activity Social context of use Discourse community Community ownership Context of culture Perspectives on text Genre shapes the schematic structure of the discourse and constraints the choice of context and style Genre knowledge includes both form and content and a sense of what is appropriate to a particular purpose at a particular point of time Genre is concerned with systems of social processes: the ways in which field, mode, and tenor are phrased into each other; these variables converge on texture. Medium of analysis Texts Users and context Text Unit of analysis Move and step-Stage Research methods Analysis of text Case studies, interview, observation, protocols Analysis of text Genre studies RAs in various disciplines, dissertations, business, dissertations, business, communications, legal cases, etc. BJCP BJHP BJEP LCP Experimental articles Review articles Experimental articles Review articles Experimental articles Review articles Experimental articles Review articles Objectives Design Methods Results Conclusions Purpose Methods Results Conclusions Objectives Design Methods Results Conclusions Purpose Methods Results Conclusions Background Aims Sample Method Results Conclusions Comment (optional)
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