A Move Analysis of Research Article Introduction Written by Indonesian Authors: The Case of Soft and Hard Sciences

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10.2991/assehr.k.210427.020How to use a DOI?

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Comparison, discipline, introduction, research article, rhetorical moves

Abstract

In scholarly international publication, the introduction is often seen by journal reviewers as the pivotal place to assess the contribution of the research. Therefore, genre analyses of research article introduction keep being concerned by many researchers of English for academic purposes to generate eligible models of writing introduction section. However, much is still less explored regarding the way NNES authors rhetorically organize the introduction across disciplines. This study seeks to compare rhetorical moves and steps of introduction between soft and hard science research articles. Eight research articles were collected from Indonesian authors. Swales’ (2004) revised model of Creating A Research Space was used in the top-down stage. The linguistic features of the moves were further scrutinized in the bottom-up stage. The findings showed that all introductions conformed to the model, exemplifying the three moves: Establishing a territory, establishing a niche, and presenting the present work; regardless of the discipline. In the step level, the introductions from the hard-science disciplines exhibited the statement of research questions or hypotheses and definitional clarifications while presenting their works more than those from the soft-science disciplines. Regarding the linguistic realizations, while the tense use was more conformed, passive form was more evident in the hard science introductions. This study reaches a conclusion that discipline considerably influences the priority in conveying the information within the research article introduction along with the linguistic realizations. Recommendations for the teaching of English for research publication purposes are also presented.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dian Setiawati
AU  - Siti Nurzihan Nabilla
AU  - Didi Suherdi
AU  - Eri Kurniawan
AU  - Wawan Gunawan
AU  - Arif Husein Lubis
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/28
TI  - A Move Analysis of Research Article Introduction Written by Indonesian Authors: The Case of Soft and Hard Sciences
BT  - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 127
EP  - 132
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210427.020
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210427.020
ID  - Setiawati2021
ER  -