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Rhetorical move analysis in Political Science research article abstracts in English in Iranian journals


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Seyed Paydari, Sara and Paramasivam, Shamala (2019) Rhetorical move analysis in Political Science research article abstracts in English in Iranian journals. Journal of Language and Communication, 6 (1). pp. 87-102. ISSN 2289-649X; ESSN: 2637-0875

Abstract

Writing an abstract in English is a challenging task. This corpus-based study aims to identify the move structures of empirical Political Science research article abstracts written in English in Iranian journals and to examine if the writing complies with Hyland’s (2000) model as an accepted model for abstract writing. A corpus of 120 abstracts was randomly collected and analysed employing Hyland’s (2000) five-move model for abstract writing. Findings revealed that the moves of Political Science research article abstracts in Iranian journals differ from Hyland’s model. Political Science writers of Iranian journals used 3-move and 2-move patterns in their abstracts. These patterns show that the abstracts lack Move 1 (Introduction), Move 4 (Product) and Move 5 (Conclusion). These moves were low in frequency of use and were treated as optional. Only Move 2 (Purpose) and Move 3(Method) were used with high frequency. The move analysis showed that Iranian journals lack a display of genre competence in abstract writing with regard to the rhetorical structure of an abstract mainly in the use of moves that explain the introduction, outcomes and conclusions of research (i.e. Moves 1, 4 and 5 respectively). Recommendations are made to investigate reasons for the difference in move patterns through comparative and contrastive research between native writers (both in English and Persian languages) and non-native writers (Iranians writing in English), so as to address languages and discipline specific conventions in abstract writing in political science.


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Item Type: Article
Subject: Genre; Move analysis; Research article abstracts; Political science; Iranian journals
Divisions: Faculty of Modern Language and Communication
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 22 Oct 2019 02:45
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2019 02:45
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54091
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