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A comparison of rhetorical move analysis by GPT-4 and humans in abstracts of scopus-indexed tourism research articles


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Geng, Hui and Nimehchisalem, Vahid and Zargar, Mohsen and Mukundan, Jayakaran (2024) A comparison of rhetorical move analysis by GPT-4 and humans in abstracts of scopus-indexed tourism research articles. International Linguistics Research, 7 (2). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2576-2974; eISSN: 2576-2982

Abstract

AI advancements have made ChatGPT a remarkable and versatile tool in education and linguistics, showcasing its potential to mimic human conversation and comprehend language. Scholars are intrigued by ChatGPT’s text data handling, yet its application in rhetorical move analysis remains largely unexplored. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the ability of GPT-4 in the identification of rhetorical moves employed in the abstracts of tourism research articles indexed in Scopus. The essentiality of moves was also reported. Additionally, this research seeks to compare the accuracy of GPT-4’s analysis with that of humans. Adopting Hyland’s (2000) fivemove model, the results indicated that GPT-4 analyzes moves more quickly but less accurately than human experts, and the four principal types of errors committed by GPT-4 include redundancy/over-count, unmatched categorization, incorrect sequence, and vague identification. The findings also revealed that Move 2 (Purpose) and Move 4 (Findings) are obligatory with a 100% essentiality rate through both GPT-4 and human analysis. Differences arise in certain steps of Move 1 (Introduction), Move 3 (Methods), and Move 5 (Conclusion), where GPT-4 often sees higher essentiality rates. This study shed light on the testament to AI’s current capabilities in move analysis in academic discourse.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Modern Language and Communication
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.30560/ilr.v7n2p1
Publisher: Ideas Spread
Keywords: ChatGPT; Rhetorical moves; Abstracts; Tourism research articles; Scopus-indexed journal
Depositing User: Ms. Che Wa Zakaria
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2025 06:38
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2025 06:38
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