A Comparative Study of Intensity Markers in Engineering and Applied Linguistics

05–203Marquez Reiter, R. (Surrey U, UK; [email protected]), Rainey, I. & Fulcher, G., A comparative study of certainty and conventional indirectness: evidence from British English and Peninsular Spanish. Applied Linguistics (Cambridge, UK) 26.1 (2005), 1–31.05–204McGrath, Ian (Nottingham U, UK; [email protected]), The representation of people in educational materials. RELC Journal (Thousand Oaks, CA, USA) 35.3 (2004), 351–358.

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Hedging in Applied Linguistics Theses: An Exploratory Comparative Study

English Language Teaching Research in the Middle East and North Africa ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-98533-6_12 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 255-277

Author(s):

Nourhan Sorour

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Applied Linguistics

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A Comparison of Two Genres: Lexical Bundles in the Discourse of Applied Linguistics

Atlantis Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies ◽

10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.2.05 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 90-109

Author(s):

Razieh Gholaminejad

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Present Article ◽

Applied Linguistics ◽

Research Articles ◽

Functional Type ◽

Lexical Bundles ◽

Discourse Functions

The present article is a corpus-based descriptive/comparative study of lexical bundles (LBs) in two university genres: textbooks (TBs) and research articles (RAs) on applied linguistics. It aims to identify the LBs used in the two genres, compare them on the basis of their functional type and frequency and explore how they are related to genre. To this end, four-word LBs were identified in two corpora drawn from applied linguistics TBs and RAs. The comparative analysis revealed that there are interesting differences between the two genres in terms of discourse functions: the occurrence of LBs in the TBs was lower than in the RAs; attitudinal/modality LBs occurred more frequently in the TBs than in the RAs; epistemic LBs occurred more frequently in the RAs than in the TBs; discourse organizers occurred more frequently in the RAs than in the TBs; and time, place and text reference LBs occurred almost twice as frequently in the RAs. The findings build on research into the variations of genres in terms of the use and functions of LBs in discipline-specific corpora.

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A comparative study of headings in theses and research articles in

Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching ◽

10.18844/gjflt.v6i3.1662 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 152-167

Author(s):

Shahla Simin ◽

Alireza Jalilifar ◽

Nastaran Fazli

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Applied Linguistics ◽

Research Articles ◽

Research Article ◽

Novice Writers ◽

Qualitative Analyses ◽

The Way

This study examined the internal headings of theses and research articles in applied linguistics. Headings collected from 110 theses and headings selected from 500 research articles underwent quantitative and qualitative analyses. The goal was to investigate possible differences between the heading writing styles adopted by the writers of each genre in focus. Analyses revealed the higher incidence of functional headings in both genres, particularly in research articles. Virtually, all functional and conventional syntactic options used in headings testified to be significantly different. Moreover, deployment of functional headings evidenced to act as a gatekeeper alternative that might have enhanced the publication chance of research articles in prestigious ISI-indexed journals. The study provides assistance for the writers of style guide manuals and syllabus designers in paving the way for novice writers to gain recognition in academia as professionals. Keywords: applied linguistics, conventional heading, functional heading, research article, thesis

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