Analysis of Writing Strategies on English Abstract of Medical Academic Paper

DOI

10.2991/icsshe-19.2019.198How to use a DOI?

Keywords

writing strategies, English abstract writing, medical academic paper, textual function

Abstract

English abstracts of medical literature influence international communication of medical information. Problems in English abstracts of domestic papers have seriously prevented domestic medical achievements from being recognized and identified internationally. In order to figure out features of sentence structure and textual organization of medical English abstract, the paper firstly analyzed, in term of textual function, some sample abstracts, the English abstracts of international distinguished medical academic papers. The textual analysis conducted quantitatively and qualitatively from the following aspects: thematic structure and thematic progression pattern. And then, based on the analytic results, writing strategies and guidelines were proposed in detail in order to help medical college students write high-quality English abstracts which can meet the international standard. The study suggests a simple theme, simple structure and constant theme progression pattern are dominantly employed in medical academic writing.

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© 2019, 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  - Fei Chen
AU  - Cheng Chen
PY  - 2019/08
DA  - 2019/08
TI  - Analysis of Writing Strategies on English Abstract of Medical Academic Paper
BT  - Proceedings of the 2019 5th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 407
EP  - 410
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsshe-19.2019.198
DO  - 10.2991/icsshe-19.2019.198
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