Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings / John M. Swales
01 Jan 1991-Vol. 1991, Iss: 1991, pp 1-99
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30 Nov 2010
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analysis portant sur un document produit par le Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), "Summary for policymakers", contenant les resultats principaux de l’IPCC de 2007.
Abstract: Dans les debats sur le changement climatique, une multitude de voix se font entendre : differents acteurs s’attellent aux defis, definissent les priorites pour de nouvelles connaissances et fournissent un cadre pour les questions et actions cles. A qui appartiennent ces voix ? Comment traduisent-elles leurs connaissances respectives ? Afin de repondre a ces questions, il est necessaire d’etudier comment le changement climatique, qui a son origine dans un discours scientifique « objectif », est transpose en un discours argumentatif et oriente vers l’action. Comment les acteurs construisent-ils linguistiquement leur agenda climatique ? Le projet interdisciplinaire auquel cet article est lie a pour but de devoiler ce discours polyphonique. Dans la presente contribution sera entreprise une analyse portant sur un document produit par le Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), « Summary for policymakers », contenant les resultats principaux de l’IPCC de 2007. Ce document prend les resultats scientifiques comme point de depart et porte une attention particuliere a la necessite de l’adaptation et de l’action politique.
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03 Jun 2013
TL;DR: An analysis of the conclusion sections of English research articles published in Thai and internationally revealed that move structures of in the conclusion section of the Thai corpus deviated more from the proposed model than those of the conclude sections in the international corpus.
Abstract: This paper reports on an analysis of the conclusion sections of English research articles published in Thai and internationally. A comparison was made between 20 conclusion sections in international journals and 20 conclusion sections in Thai journals written by Thai writers in the field of applied linguistics. The two corpora were analyzed using Yang and Allison’s (2003) move model. The results revealed that all three moves of the proposed model occurred in the two sets of data but with differences in their frequency of occurrence. There were no obligatory moves or steps in the two corpora. Move structures of in the conclusion sections of the Thai corpus deviated more from the proposed model than those of the conclusion sections in the international corpus. The findings could assist considerably in an understanding of the rhetorical move structure of the conclusion sections of research articles. In addition, they may yield implications for a pedagogical framework for the teaching of academic writing, syllabus design, and genre-based teaching and writing.
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TL;DR: This article found that linking adverbials are more frequent than previously thought, with numerous statistically significant disciplinary differences, for example between the sciences and nonsciences, and they often clustered together in complex sequences.
Abstract: Biber et al. (1999) contend linking adverbials perform important cohesive and
connective functions by signalling connections between units of discourse;
however, there has been little previous corpus-based research in this important
area of ESP. This paper describes an analysis of linking adverbials, such as
�however� and �therefore�, in a corpus of 320 published research articles (RAs)
across eight disciplines, four science and four non-science. New lists of linking
adverbials were developed and the parameters of frequency, function and
disciplinary variation were examined using WordSmith Tools. They were found
to be more frequent than previously thought, with numerous statistically
significant disciplinary differences, for example between the sciences and nonsciences.
Also, they often clustered together in complex sequences. A close
examination of RAs in two of the sciences revealed some reasons for the much
lower rate of occurrence there. Authors developed claims in a different way,
describing methods and results in a more narrative or descriptive style rather
than explicitly telling readers the connections between ideas, claims and facts.
Conclusions are that linking adverbials are more important in RAs as signalling
and cohesive devices, and for helping RA authors construct and strengthen
claims, than previously thought by experts in this field. Also, different disciplines
achieve this in significantly different ways, confirming the importance of
discipline variation when researching their use.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate why abstracts are written differently in theses and research articles and reveal a number of differences, including a lengthier description of methodology, findings and implications in RA abstracts and lengthier introductions in thesis abstracts.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that adolescent L2 writers would benefit from content area writing instruction that draws upon content area teachers’ existing expertise and encourages discussion among teachers and students about writing.
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