Academic House Style and Acknowledgement Writing: the Case of Two Ghanaian Universities

This descriptive study sought to examine the structural features of Thesis Acknowledgements (TA) from two disciplines in two Ghanaian Universities. Forty TAs were sampled from the fields of Chemistry and English.  Hyland’s (2004)   generic move structure was modified in analyzing the sampled TAs. Th...

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Main Authors: Cecilia Agyeiwah Agyemang Owusu Debrah, Alberta Dansoah Nyarko Ansah
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Language:English
Published: English Education Department, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang 2022-04-01
Series:Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning
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Online Access:https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/vision/article/view/11658
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author Cecilia Agyeiwah Agyemang Owusu Debrah
Alberta Dansoah Nyarko Ansah
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description This descriptive study sought to examine the structural features of Thesis Acknowledgements (TA) from two disciplines in two Ghanaian Universities. Forty TAs were sampled from the fields of Chemistry and English.  Hyland’s (2004)   generic move structure was modified in analyzing the sampled TAs. The data was also examined on the basis of the two institutions’ academic style guides for conformity. The findings indicate that the structural features of TAs from the two fields differ.  It also revealed that out of the seven steps identified in the obligatory Elaborative Move, DoC writers generally use three steps, and DoE writers mostly use four steps. It is further revealed that while writers from the DoC mostly acknowledged contributors for their technical support, writers from DoE acknowledged their helpers for providing materials for the research. It was revealed that the data followed the institutional style guide.  The paper argues that though the contextual difference in the TAs from both fields is minimal, subtle variances and parallels still exist between the two fields. Therefore, it is suggested that these variations in linguistic forms that account for the discursive styles of the TAs should be further examined. Finally, additional analysis by corpus analytic tools applied to large data from the research context could complement this study.
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spelling doaj.art-947bfae3780e4dfa933e5c821441505f2022-12-22T04:33:37ZengEnglish Education Department, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo SemarangVision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning2252-83852541-43992022-04-01111516410.21580/vjv11i2116583804Academic House Style and Acknowledgement Writing: the Case of Two Ghanaian UniversitiesCecilia Agyeiwah Agyemang Owusu Debrah0Alberta Dansoah Nyarko Ansah1University of Energy and Natural ResourcesUniversity of Energy and Natural ResourcesThis descriptive study sought to examine the structural features of Thesis Acknowledgements (TA) from two disciplines in two Ghanaian Universities. Forty TAs were sampled from the fields of Chemistry and English.  Hyland’s (2004)   generic move structure was modified in analyzing the sampled TAs. The data was also examined on the basis of the two institutions’ academic style guides for conformity. The findings indicate that the structural features of TAs from the two fields differ.  It also revealed that out of the seven steps identified in the obligatory Elaborative Move, DoC writers generally use three steps, and DoE writers mostly use four steps. It is further revealed that while writers from the DoC mostly acknowledged contributors for their technical support, writers from DoE acknowledged their helpers for providing materials for the research. It was revealed that the data followed the institutional style guide.  The paper argues that though the contextual difference in the TAs from both fields is minimal, subtle variances and parallels still exist between the two fields. Therefore, it is suggested that these variations in linguistic forms that account for the discursive styles of the TAs should be further examined. Finally, additional analysis by corpus analytic tools applied to large data from the research context could complement this study.https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/vision/article/view/11658academic house stylediscourse communitygenre analysisthesis acknowledgement
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Academic House Style and Acknowledgement Writing: the Case of Two Ghanaian Universities
Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning
academic house style
discourse community
genre analysis
thesis acknowledgement
title Academic House Style and Acknowledgement Writing: the Case of Two Ghanaian Universities
title_full Academic House Style and Acknowledgement Writing: the Case of Two Ghanaian Universities
title_fullStr Academic House Style and Acknowledgement Writing: the Case of Two Ghanaian Universities
title_full_unstemmed Academic House Style and Acknowledgement Writing: the Case of Two Ghanaian Universities
title_short Academic House Style and Acknowledgement Writing: the Case of Two Ghanaian Universities
title_sort academic house style and acknowledgement writing the case of two ghanaian universities
topic academic house style
discourse community
genre analysis
thesis acknowledgement
url https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/vision/article/view/11658
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