Abstracts Writing: A case Study of ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles  

Oleh:

K.laorr, Adul ; Jarunthawatchai, Wisut

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 34th Thailand TESOL International Conference Proceedings 2014; 21st Century English Language Education: Towards Global Citizenship, The Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 17 – 18, 2014, page 91-110.
Topik: abstract; research article; downloaded articles; rhetorical organization; move analysis; genre; persuasion
Fulltext: Abstracts writing.pdf (1.37MB)

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An abstract is used as a survivor tool for international researchers and readers to screen relevant documents from massive knowledge production. Consequently, an effective written abstract will promote the original full text in its international discourse community. In this paper, we examine the generic structure of abstracts of the 25 most frequently downloaded articles on Arts and Humanities in the ScienceDirect database over a full year period of 2012, based on the theoretical framework of an abstract as a promotional genre promoting its full text to the international readers in its specific discourse community. The findings suggest that successful abstracts do not necessarily follow the traditional conventions of abstract writing suggested by previous studies or teaching materials. Moreover, an awareness of the persuasive functions and linguistic manipulations are visible in the successful abstracts. These findings offer pedagogic implications for writing courses at the graduate level and guidelines for both expert and novice writers.

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