A comparative corpus-based study of nursing and language teaching research articles: a multidimensional analysis
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Woravit Kitjaroenpaiboon (2016). A comparative corpus-based study of nursing and language teaching research articles: a multidimensional analysis. Retrieved from: https://repository.nida.ac.th/handle/662723737/5818.
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A comparative corpus-based study of nursing and language teaching research articles: a multidimensional analysis
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This paper presents the results of multidimensional analyses investigating
patterns of linguistic features in Nursing Research Article Corpus (NURAC) and
Language Teaching Research Article Corpus (LTRAC). The findings showed the
nursing research articles contained four stylistic patterns and communicative
functions. They are Evaluative Stance Focused, Established Knowledge Focused,
Claim Focused, and Intention Focused. The language teaching research articles
contained six stylistic patterns and communicative functions. They are Persuasion
Focused, Evaluative Stance Focused, Claim Focused, Established Knowledge versus
Past Action Focused, Ownership Focused, and Modified Information Focused. An
intersectional comparison within NURAC and within LTRAC indicated that each
pattern was found in different research article’s conventional sections. An
interdisciplinary comparison indicated that three out of the four dimensions in
NURAC were also found in LTRAC. Herewith, the findings argue that the
professional research article writers employ several stylistic patterns for writing each
research article’s conventional section. The use of these patterns depends primarily on
the functional properties and the textual variation. A possible reason why some
stylistic patterns used in NURAC slightly differ from LTRAC might presumably be
due to differences of their writings natures. In the researcher’s opinion, the findings
from this dissertation could be beneficial to ESP / EAP course and curriculum
designers, teachers of English language in academic writing courses, non-native English and novice researchers and students particularly from these two disciplines
for the application of this knowledge to improve their academic writing skills.
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Thesis (Ph.D. (Language and Communication))--National Institute of Development Administration, 2016