چکیده:
This paper explores sub-disciplinary variations and generic structure of research article introductions (RAIs) within three sub-disciplines of applied linguistics (AL); namely, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Psycholinguistics, and Sociolinguistics, using Swales’(1990) CARS model. The corpus consisted of 90 RAIs drawn from a wide range of refereed journals in the corresponding sub-disciplines. The results indicate sub-disciplinary variation in the structure of this genre in terms of Move 2 / step 1B that can be justified through the concepts of ‘established’ versus ‘emerging’ fields. The findings underline the need for further in-depth research into sub-disciplinary variation and generic structure of RAIs. The results also promise pedagogical implications for ESP/EAP practitioners, course administrators as well as material developers.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Research article ( RA), as one of the outstanding media for sharing research findings among scholars, has been the most reviewed and analyzed type of academic written discourse, and a large number of studies have explored the holistic aspects of RA: historical evolution (Salager-Meyer, 1999), social construction (Myers, 1990), the structural/ organizational aspect of RA including introduction, (Swales 1981, 1990; Swales & Najjar 1987), the result section (Thompson, 1993; Brett, 1994; Williams, 1999), discussions and conclusions ( Holmes, 1997; Hopkins & Dudley-Evans, 1988; Yang & Allison, 2003), the abstracts (Salager-Meyer, 1992; Hyland, 2000; Samraj, 2005), and the grammatical and stylistic aspects of RA including various lexico-grammatical features, ranging from tense choice to citation practices.
shed light on a long standing debate in… Psycho-linguistics (RAI No. 7) The present study seeks to expand upon this link between… The constituent steps of move 2 can be ranked (from the most frequent to the least frequent) as follows in terms of the tendency of the researcher to include them in the RA introductions in each of the three disciplines: ESP(1B), Psycholinguistics (1B,1D,1A,1C), Sociolinguistics (1B, 1D,1A, 1C).
058 Discussion Discrepancies in Moves 1, 2, 3 The obligatory inclusion of Move 1, especially its step 3, was not observed in one psycholinguistics and three sociolinguistics RAIs. Considering the fact that the above-mentioned RAIs all started with move 3 (Occupying the niche), it can be assumed that the writers did take moves 1, and 2 for granted and did assume that the centrality, significance and recency of the research territory, and any challenges posed to this territory in terms of counter-claims, gaps and questions are among the propositions that the members of the related academic circles are well aware of."