THE RHETORICAL STRUCTURE OF REVIEW ARTICLE ABSTRACTS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS PUBLISHED IN HIGH-IMPACT INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

Soy, Seth and Safnil, Safnil and Syafryadin, Syafryadin (2023) THE RHETORICAL STRUCTURE OF REVIEW ARTICLE ABSTRACTS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS PUBLISHED IN HIGH-IMPACT INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS. Masters thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

It is generally recognized that an abstract is just a short text, but it offers multifaceted benefits since it can inspire audiences to read the whole article and cite it for their work. Most importantly, a good abstract is the first step to a successful publication in a discourse community. However, writing a good abstract to publish in a high-impact international journal is quite challenging. Therefore, writing a well-constructed abstract based on the guideline is the best solution for writers. So far, the study on how to arrange rhetorical moves for writing the abstract of the review article is very limited while this kind of article embeds many merits for the academic field. With this regard, the objective of this study is to investigate the rhetorical structure of review article abstracts in applied linguistics published in high-impact international journals. Specifically, it aims to discover the type of moves, identify how each move is constructed, and explore a common move pattern in those abstracts. The model obtained from the pilot project was used as the checklist to analyze the 50 review article abstracts selected from four high-impact international journals in the field of applied linguistics. The results show that five moves namely Background, Objective, Method, Synthesis of Discussion, and Conclusion are identified. The first two moves are regarded as conventional while the last three moves are optional. Moreover, the outcomes indicate that some moves in the abstracts are constructed differently in terms of content and structure especially the linguistic features compared to the research article abstracts. The findings also reveal that Background-Objective-Synthesis of Discussion (B-O-SoD) is the common move pattern. As the practical implication, writers should follow the common move pattern and linguistic properties as shown by this study when writing a review article abstract in order to attract more audiences or publish in respectable international journals. As a theoretical application, this study can be used to support future studies also. Keywords: Abstract; Applied Linguistics; Non-research Article; Review Article; Rhetorical Structure

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