Rhetorical Strategies of the Introductory Chapter of Doctoral Theses in Education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ikala.v24n01a03Schlagworte:
doctoral theses in Education, introduction chapter, rhetorical strategies, rhetorical structureAbstract
This paper presents an analysis of the introductory sections of 26 Ph. D. theses in Education written in Spanish. It intends to make an approximation to their rhetorical strategies (movements and steps), in order to establish whether the texts show a common structure, whether the structure reproduces the model that the work seeks to contrast and which are the most frequent steps. The analysis follows the model of Jara Solar (2013), completed with some steps of Bunton (2002), those who extend the Swalesian approach (1990, 2004), given that they present introduction chapter as a section of three rhetorical movements (Establishing the Territory/Establishing the Niche/Occupying the Niche-Presenting the work) each of which includes steps, but they add new ones to those that Swales identified. Results show that the academic conventions appear in move I and move III, even though they may be missing some required steps. On the con-trary, 35% of texts or does not include the second movement or occupies it in a very synthetic way. Finally, cyclical configurations and embedding gener-ate more complex organizations. Brief practical implications for teaching are discussed.
Downloads
Literaturhinweise
Aguirre, L., Müller, G., y Ejarque, D. (2011). Escribir la conclusión de la tesis. En L. Cubo de Severino, N. Lacón e H. Puiatti (eds.), Escribir una tesis. Manual de estrategias de producción (pp. 189-227). Córdoba, Argentina: Comunic-arte.
Árvay, A., & Tankó, G. (2004). A contrastive analysis of English and Hungarian theoretical research article introductions. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 42(1), 71-100.
Asuncion, Z,. & Querol, M. (2013). Rhetorical Moves in the Introductions of Masters’ Theses. Graduate Research Journal, 6(1-2), 65-85.
Bunton, D. (2002). Generic moves in Ph.D. thesis introductions. In J. Flowerdew (ed.), Academic discourse (pp. 57-75). London: Longman.
Carbonell Olivares, M., Gil Salom, L., & Soler Monreal, C. (2009). The schematic structure of Spanish PhD thesis introductions. Spanish in Context, 6(2), 151-175. DOI 10.1075/sic.6.2.01car
Cubo de Severino, L. (Coord.). (2005). Los textos de la ciencia. Córdoba, Argentina: Comunic-arte.
Cheung, Y. L. (2012). Understanding the writing of thesis introductions: An exploratory study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46, 744-749. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.05.191
Choe, H., & Hwang, B. H. (2014). A Genre Analysis of Introductions in Theses, Dissertations and Research Articles Based on Swales’ CARS Model. Korean Journal of Applied Linguistics, 30(1), 3-31. Recuperado de journal.alak.or.kr/wp.../
Gallardo, S. (2010). La citación en tesis doctorales de biología y lingüística. Íkala, revista de lenguaje y cultura, 15(26), 153-177. Recuperado de http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/7798/7362
Geçikli, M. (2013). A Genre-analysis Study on the Rhetorical Organization of English and Turkish PhD Theses in the Field of English Language Teaching. International Journal of Business, Humanities and Technology, 3(6), 50-58. Recuperado de www.ijbhtnet.com/journals/Vol_3_No_6_June_2013/7.pdf
Gil Salom, L., Soler Monreal, C., & Carbonell Olivares, M. (2008). The move-step structure of the introductory sections of Spanish PHD theses. Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada, 21, 85-106. Recuperado de https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/2926005.pdf
Gupta, R. (1995). Managing General and Specific Information in Introductions. English for Specific Purposes, 14(1), 59-75.
Jara Solar, I. (2013). Descripción funcional de introducciones de tesis doctorales en las disciplinas de química y lingüística. Onomázein, 28, 72-87. DOI: 10.7764/onomazein.28.7
Khan, T. (2014). Generic Features of Social Science and Natural Science Thesis Introductions in Pakistani Context. Developing Country Studies, 4(23), 15-25. Recuperado de www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/DCS/article/download/.../17460
Nguyen, T. T. L., & Pramoolsook, I. (2014). Rhetorical Structure of Introduction Chapters written by Novice Vietnamese TESOL postgraduates. 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 20(1), 61-74.
Ozturk, I. (2007). The textual organization of research article introductions in applied linguistics: Variability within a single discipline. English for Specific Purposes, 26(1), 25-38.
Parodi, G. (2005). Discurso especializado e instituciones formadoras. Valparaíso: Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaíso.
Samraj, B. (2008). A discourse analysis of master’s theses. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 7(1), 55-67.
Shehzad, W. (2008). Move two: establishing a niche. Ibérica. Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos, 15, 25-50. Recuperado de www.aelfe.org/documents/03_15_Shehzad.pdf
Soler Monreal, C., Carbonell Olivares, M., & Gil Salom, L. (2011). A contrastive study of the rhetorical organisation of English and Spanish PhD thesis introductions. English for Specific Purposes, 30(1), 4-17. DOI:10.1016/j.esp.2010.04.005
Swales, J. (1990). Genre Analysis. English in Academic and Research Settings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Swales, J. (2004). Research genres: Exploration and applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Swales, J., & Feak, C. (2004). Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.
Veröffentlicht
Zitationsvorschlag
Ausgabe
Rubrik
Lizenz
Copyright (c) 2019 Íkala
Dieses Werk steht unter der Lizenz Creative Commons Namensnennung - Nicht-kommerziell - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International.
