Email this article 
Hide
Show all
2.png){kind=logo}
Rhetorical move structure of soft and hard science research article introductions by novice Indonesian authors
Abstract
Rhetorical move structure of soft and hard science research article introductions by novice Indonesian authors
Research article introduction is crucial in justifying a research topic and presenting the significant contribution of a study to the advancement of knowledge. Prior studies have attempted to investigate research article introductions from various viewpoints. However, the way novice Indonesian authors rhetorically construct their introductions is still under-explored. This study aims to explore cross-disciplinary introductions with regard to rhetorical move structure and the linguistic realizations of the moves. Employing Swale’s (2004) revised CARS model, a corpus of 10 research articles from the fields of soft and hard science were analyzed. The findings revealed that the two disciplines were in agreement on the compulsory status of Move 1 Establishing a territory and Move 3 Presenting the present work and the conventional use of Move 2 Establishing a niche. However, discrepancies arose in the step level. Regarding the linguistic features, soft and hard science authors preferred using present tense and active voice in realizing the moves. In addition, a considerable number of metadiscourse such as hedges and boosters were observed in the introductions. This study concludes that novice Indonesian authors’ disciplinary expertise possibly influences the quality of their introductions.
Keywords: genre, introduction, move analysis, novice, research article
Struktur pola retorika pendahuluan artikel penelitian disiplin ilmu soft dan hard science oleh penulis pemula Indonesia
Pendahuluan artikel penelitian sangat penting dalam menjustifikasikan topik penelitian dan menyajikan kontribusi signifikan dari studi yang dilakukan untuk perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan. Penelitian terdahulu telah berupaya untuk menyelidiki bagian pendahuluan artikel penelitian dari beragam perspektif. Namun, cara penulis pemula Indonesia mengkonstruksi bagian pendahuluan mereka secara retoris masih kurang dieksplorasi. Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi bagian pendahuluan lintas disiplin berkaitan dengan struktur pola retorika pendahuluan dan realisasi linguistik dari pola tersebut. Menerapkan revisi model CARS oleh Swales (2004), sebuah korpus yang merupakan kumpulan 10 pendahuluan artikel penelitian dari disiplin ilmu soft dan hard science dianalisis. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kedua disiplin sepakat tentang status wajib dari Move 1 Establishing a territory dan Move 3 Presenting the present work, dan penggunaan konvensional Move 2 Establishing a niche. Namun, perbedaan muncul pada tiap tingkatan. Berkaitan dengan fitur linguistik, penulis soft dan hard science lebih memilih menggunakan kalimat aktif dan bentuk waktu masa kini (present tense) dalam merealisasikan pola. Selain itu, sejumlah besar metadiscourse seperti hedges dan boosters teramati dalam bagian pendahuluan. Studi ini menyimpulkan bahwa perbedaan fokus keilmuan penulis pemula Indonesia kemungkinan mempengaruhi kualitas pendahuluan mereka.
Kata kunci: genre, pendahuluan, analisis pola, pemula, artikel penelitian
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Abdullah, S. (2016). An analysis of cross-discipline research article introduction structures through a modified Create- A-Research-Space (CARS) model. EFL Journal, 1(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.21462/eflj.v1i1.1 An
Adnan, Z. (2014). Prospects of Indonesian research articles (RAs) being considered for publication in “Center” Journals: A comparative study of rhetorical patterns of RAs in selected Humanities and Hard Science disciplines. In A. Lyda & K. Warchal (Eds.), Occupying Niches: Interculturality, Cross-culturality and Aculturality in Academic Research (pp. 79–99). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02526-1
Ahlstrom, D., Bruton, G. D., & Zhao, L. (2013). Turning good research into good publications. Nankai Business Review International, 4(2), 92–106. https://doi.org/10.1108/20408741311323317
American Psychological Association. (2019). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). American Psychological Association.
Arsyad, S., & Adila, D. (2017). Using local style when writing in English: The citing behaviour of Indonesian authors in English research article introductions. Asian Englishes, 20(2), 170–185. https://doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2017.1327835
Arsyad, S., & Arono. (2016). Potential problematic rhetorical style transfer from first language to foreign language: A case of Indonesian authors writing research article introductions in English. Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 11(3), 315–330. https://doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2016.1153642
Arsyad, S., Arono, Ramadhan, S., & Iramaisarah. (2020). The rhetorical problems experienced by Indonesian lecturers in social sciences and humanities in writing research articles for international journals. Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 7(1), 116–129.
Bajwa, N. ul H., König, C. J., & Kunze, T. (2020). Evidence-based understanding of introductions of research articles. Scientometrics, 124(1), 195–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03475-9
Barney, J. (2018). Editor’s comments: Positioning a theory paper for publication. Academy of Management Review, 43(3), 345–348. https://doi.org/doi/10.5465/amr.2018.0112
Coleman, J. A. (2014). How to get published in English: Advice from the outgoing Editor-in-Chief. System, 42(1), 404–411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2014.01.004
Deveci, T. (2020). The introduction section of research articles in English and Turkish: The case of educational sciences – A preliminary study. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 6(1), 119–140. https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.710233
Devitt, A. J. (2015). Genre performances: John Swales’ genre analysis and rhetorical-linguistic genre studies. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2015.05.008
Farnia, M., & Barati, S. (2017). Writing introduction sections of research articles in applied linguistics: Cross-linguistic study of native and non-native writers. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 7(2), 486–494. https://doi.org/10.17509/ijal.v7i2.8357
Hyland, K. (2015). What is metadiscourse? In K. Tracy, C. Ilie, & T. Sandel (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction (Issue 1985). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118611463.wbielsi003
Kanoksilapatham, B. (2005). Rhetorical structure of biochemistry research articles. English for Specific Purposes, 24(3), 269–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2004.08.003
Khedri, M., & Kritsis, K. (2018). Metadiscourse in Applied Linguistics and Chemistry. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 9(2), 47–72. https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.22055/rals.2018.13793
Lim, J. M. (2012). How do writers establish research niches ? A genre-based investigation into management researchers ’ rhetorical steps and linguistic mechanisms. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 11(3), 229–245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2012.05.002
Loi, C. K. (2010). Research article introductions in Chinese and English: A comparative genre-based study. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 9(4), 267–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2010.09.004
Moghaddasi, S., & Graves, H. A. B. (2017). “Since Hadwiger’s conjection … is still open”: Establishing a niche for research in discrete mathematics research article introductions. English for Specific Purposes, 45, 69–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2016.09.003
Nabilla, S., Nurul, S., Didi, L., Eri, S., Gunawan, W., & Husein, A. (2021). How do novice and experienced Indonesian authors rhetorically organize research article introduction ? Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, 546(Conaplin 2020), 502–507.
Öztürk, İ. (2019). A function-first approach to verb tense usage in research article introductions in Applied Linguistics. Dil Dergisi, 170(2), 30–52. https://doi.org/10.33690/dilder.580752
Paltridge, B. (2012). Genre and English for specific purposes. In B. Paltridge & S. Starfield (Eds.), The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes (pp. 347–366). John Wailey & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118339855.ch18
Rahman, M., Darus, S., & Amir, Z. (2017). Rhetorical structure of introductions in Applied Linguistics research articles. Educare, 9(February), 69–84.
Sheldon, E. (2011). Rhetorical differences in RA introductions written by English L1 and L2 and Castilian Spanish L1 writers. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 10(4), 238–251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2011.08.004
Suherdi, D., Kurniawan, E., & Lubis, A. H. (2020). A genre analysis of research article “findings and discussion” sections written by Indonesian undergraduate EFL students. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10(1), 59–72. https://doi.org/10.17509/IJAL.V10I1.24989
Suryani, I., Kamaruddin, H., Hashima, N., Yaacob, A., Rashid, S. A., & Desa, H. (2014). Rhetorical structures in academic research writing by non-native writers. International Journal of Higher Education, 3(1), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v3n1p29
Swales, J. M. (1990). Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings. Cambridge University Press.
Swales, J. M. (2004). Research genres: Explorations and applications. Cambridge University Press.
Tessuto, G. (2015). Generic structure and rhetorical moves in English-language empirical law research articles: Sites of interdisciplinary and interdiscursive cross-over. English for Specific Purposes, 37(1), 13–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2014.06.002
Yoon, J., & Casal, J. E. (2020). Rhetorical structure, sequence, and variation: A step-driven move analysis of applied linguistics conference abstracts. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 30(3), 462–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12300
Zand-Vakili, E., & Kashani, A. F. (2012). The contrastive move analysis : An investigation of Persian and English research articles’ abstract and introduction parts. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 3(May), 129–138. https://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2012.v3n2.129
Zhang, Y., & Hu, J. (2010). A genre-based study of medical research article introductions: A contrastive analysis between Chinese and English. The Asian ESP Journal, 6(1), 72–96.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um015v49i22021p135
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Dear Sir/Madam
We appreciate your continued confidence and trust in Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya (JBS). In order to enhance the service, readability, and quality of JBS publications, we will be transitioning to a new website, https://citeus.um.ac.id/jbs, in collaboration with Digital Commons (Elsevier) starting in July 2024.
Sincerely
Yusuf Hanafi
(Editor in chief)