Move Analysis on Thesis and Dissertation Abstracts: Contrastive Study

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10.2991/assehr.k.210427.009How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Abstract, linguistic realizations, move analysis, move pattern, rhetorical patterns

Abstract

Move analysis has been a topic of interest for the past decade. It investigates the rhetorical structure of a text as in the moves and the steps employed in a text, for instance in a research abstract. An abstract is the road map to a research article, it has important functions as a screening device which gives readers brief information on the research’s topic, methodology, and findings. A burgeoning amount of study of Move analysis on research abstracts has been carried out widely. However, the discussion on Move analysis on research abstracts based on the rhetorical patterns and authors’ educational background is less discussed. To fill this gap, this study aims to disclose differences in authors’ thesis abstracts and dissertation abstracts based on their educational backgrounds in terms of the rhetorical organizations and linguistic realizations. This study analysed thesis abstracts and dissertation abstracts from different disciplines in one of the universities in Indonesia. The Five-Move Model by Hyland (2000) was adopted as the basic model for the analysis. Based on The Model adopted, the constituent moves, and steps were analysed and perceived in the classes of the selected abstracts. The results of the analysis were examined subsequently, the main move patterns of each discipline, specific moves and steps, and voice and tense employed in each move. Finally, the results of the analyses and pedagogical implications are presented.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bestari Kirana Putri
AU  - Eri Kurniawan
AU  - Wawan Gunawan
AU  - Arif Husein Lubis
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/28
TI  - Move Analysis on Thesis and Dissertation Abstracts: Contrastive Study
BT  - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 60
EP  - 64
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210427.009
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210427.009
ID  - Putri2021
ER  -