Construing Experiential Organization in Research Article Abstracts: A Genre-based Approach  

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Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Asian ESP Journal vol. 9 no. 3 (2013), page 162-201.
Topik: experiential organization; transitivity; process type; generic element; generic structure
Fulltext: 162-201.pdf (195.9KB)

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In this paper we explore the relationship between the genre of research article abstracts and its typical experiential organizations. The analysis is set within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Our data consist of 47 naturally occurring abstracts in journals from five academic disciplines, i.e. linguistics, science, management, economy and geography. First we explore the occurrence and distribution of process types in our data. Then we make a comparative analysis of Transitivity patterns of two generic elements (viz. Purpose of Study and Conclusion) in research article abstracts. Our analysis reveals systematic variation in their general process types and the nature of participants involved in the process. Our findings provide evidence that the choice of Transitivity at each stage of a text is conditioned by its communicative purpose. Our conclusion is that Transitivity patterns as clausal realizations of experiential meanings can be influenced by the genre to which the text belongs and that Transitivity analysis provides important linguistic clues to the identification of generic structures.

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