Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers
Citation is one of the most prominent features of academic writing through which academic writers both exhibit the breadth of their scholarship in a specific research area and subtly demonstrate their memberships of the disciplinary community. Citations are important rhetorical devices that allow se...
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| description | Citation is one of the most prominent features of academic writing through which academic writers both exhibit the breadth of their scholarship in a specific research area and subtly demonstrate their memberships of the disciplinary community. Citations are important rhetorical devices that allow seasoned writers to promote their current research findings persuasively and efficiently. This paper reports the results of a case study on citation practices in 14 research papers written by non-native expert and novice writers who belong to the same discipline and work in a major research university in Malaysia. Different types and functions of citations found in the established scholars' papers were compared to those of the novice academic writers within the same research field. The findings indicated that types and functions of citations employed were different: novice writers mainly used citation to attribute while the experts used citations strategically to provide support and justify their claims. Novices mainly used citations in isolation whereas expert writers succinctly synthesized various sources and made greater use of non-integral citations. The results of the study could provide better understanding of the rhetorical functions of citations in academic writing and offer pedagogical opportunities for teaching academic writing to novice research writers. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-288842019-01-31T11:30:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/28884/ Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers Mansourizadeh, Kobra Ahmad, Ummul Khair PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Citation is one of the most prominent features of academic writing through which academic writers both exhibit the breadth of their scholarship in a specific research area and subtly demonstrate their memberships of the disciplinary community. Citations are important rhetorical devices that allow seasoned writers to promote their current research findings persuasively and efficiently. This paper reports the results of a case study on citation practices in 14 research papers written by non-native expert and novice writers who belong to the same discipline and work in a major research university in Malaysia. Different types and functions of citations found in the established scholars' papers were compared to those of the novice academic writers within the same research field. The findings indicated that types and functions of citations employed were different: novice writers mainly used citation to attribute while the experts used citations strategically to provide support and justify their claims. Novices mainly used citations in isolation whereas expert writers succinctly synthesized various sources and made greater use of non-integral citations. The results of the study could provide better understanding of the rhetorical functions of citations in academic writing and offer pedagogical opportunities for teaching academic writing to novice research writers. Elsevier Ltd. 2011-09 Article PeerReviewed Mansourizadeh, Kobra and Ahmad, Ummul Khair (2011) Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 10 (3). pp. 152-161. ISSN 1475-1585 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2011.03.004 DOI:10.1016/j.jeap.2011.03.004 |
| spellingShingle | PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Mansourizadeh, Kobra Ahmad, Ummul Khair Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers |
| title | Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers |
| title_full | Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers |
| title_fullStr | Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers |
| title_short | Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers |
| title_sort | citation practices among non native expert and novice scientific writers |
| topic | PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
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