Applying the Bundle–Move Connection Approach to the Development of an Online Writing Support Tool for Research Articles

Mizumoto, Atsushi; Hamatani, Sawako; Imao, Yasuhiro

doi:10.1111/lang.12250

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“…Three main research issues have restricted previous studies of lexical bundles and VBDUs, including a lack of studies of the use of lexical bundles in university textbooks, too much focus on a grammatical and functional analysis of lexical bundles, and provision of too general descriptions of communicative purposes of VBDUs. The first issue is that only a scant number of studies have examined the use of lexical bundles in university textbooks while numerous studies of lexical bundles have focused on research journal articles and student writing (Chen & Baker, 2010;Cortes, 2004Cortes, , 2006Cortes, , 2013Hyland, 2008;Mizumoto et al, 2017). University textbooks are important pedagogical resources for university students and professors and deserve more attention in future studies of lexical bundles.…”

Section: Existing Research Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The second issue is that most studies of lexical bundles have focused on the grammatical and functional analysis of lexical bundles. Only a couple of researchers expanded their research scope to incorporate semantic analysis of lexical bundles (Cortes, 2015) and investigate the connections between lexical bundles and discourse structures (Cortes, 2013;Csomay, 2013;Mizumoto, Hamatani, & Imao, 2017). More work can be carried out to study lexical bundles along the two new emergent directions.…”

Section: Existing Research Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Traditional studies of lexical bundles have mainly focused on the analysis of grammatical structures and discourse functions of lexical bundles, only a few researchers have expanded the research scope of lexical bundles; recent studies of lexical bundles discuss textual colligations of words and word clusters (Hoey, 2005), manage a semantic analysis of lexical bundles (Cortes, 2015), and identify the connections between the use of lexical bundles and the communicative purposes of discourse structures (Cortes, 2013;Csomay, 2013;Mizumoto et al, 2017). Textual colligation refers to the fact that words or word sequences prefer or avoid beginnings or endings of recognized discourse units (e.g., sentences, paragraphs) (Hoey, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In corpus-based move analysis, researchers take a top-down method; they first choose or develop an analytical framework, apply the framework to divide a text into rhetorical moves and steps (Cortes, 2013;Parodi, 2010Parodi, , 2014Mizumoto et al, 2017), and finally describe the linguistic features of these rhetorical moves and steps (Mizumoto et al, 2017). Cortes (2013) observed the connections between lexical bundles and rhetorical moves and steps in introductions of research articles.…”

Section: Recurrent Word Combinations In Sentencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Section 3 we discuss ... (Statistics). Mizumoto et al (2017) identified the connections between lexical bundles and rhetorical moves in research articles in applied linguistics. In the study, a total of 1,000 journal articles were taken from ten well-known journals in the field of applied linguistics.…”

Section: Recurrent Word Combinations In Sentencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Lexical Bundles in Vocabulary-based Discourse Units: A Corpus-based Study of First Year Core Engineering Textbooks

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The present study analyzes the use of lexical bundles in first year core engineering textbooks, identifies vocabulary-based discourse units (VBDUs) in the textbooks, and further explores the connections between lexical bundles and the VBDUs. A first year core engineering textbook corpus (FCETC) of 995,672 running words was compiled with materials drawn from seven textbooks required for first-year engineering undergraduates at a Canadian university. A total of 95 lexical bundles were identified in the FCETC.Grammatical structure analysis of these bundles indicates that lexical bundles in the core engineering textbooks are more often phrasal than clausal. There are three functional categories of lexical bundles in the FCETC: referential bundles, discourse organizers, and stance bundles. The use of lexical bundles in the FCETC allows authors to take on the role of experts who precisely present and explain foundational knowledge and concepts in a professional way. These bundles also enable the authors to act as facilitators who make the content accessible for readers and involve them in the learning processes. The comparison of the use of lexical bundles in first year core engineering textbooks, electrical engineering introductory textbooks, university teaching, and university textbooks highlights the use of lexical bundles in these registers and suggests that disciplinary specificity and genres impact the use of lexical bundles in the four registers.The findings also support that vocabulary use is discipline bound in academic registers. A total of 665 VBDUs were identified in 14 chapters randomly selected from the FCETC.There are five main types of VBDUs, including explaining VBDUs, presenting VBDUs, solving VBDUs, introducing VBDUs, and bridging VBDUs. The findings of this analysis of VBDUs demonstrate that the authors of the engineering textbooks play dual roles of ii experts and facilitators but tilt more towards the role of facilitators. The author/reader relationships of the core engineering textbooks affect the structuring and negotiation of knowledge in these textbooks. The chapters in the engineering textbooks consist of sequences of VBDUs with various communicative purposes. Single or multiple VBDUs construct four types of macro-processes for knowledge construction, which suggest that academic textbooks do not only focus on concepts and theories but also the procedures and steps that learners need to follow to appropriately approach the theories and understand problem-solving operations. Further exploration of the relationships between lexical bundles and VBDUs shows that the communicative purposes of VBDUs determine the distribution of lexical bundles in these discourse units while the use of lexical bundles varies in categories and subcategories of VBDUs and helps achieve the communicative purposes of these discourse units. These bundles provide referential information on specific topics, indicate consideration for readers, and express authoritative stances in these VBDUs. This study contributes to the st...

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Section: Existing Research Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Existing Research Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Lexical Bundles and Discourse Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recurrent Word Combinations In Sentencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recurrent Word Combinations In Sentencesmentioning

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Lexical Bundles in Vocabulary-based Discourse Units: A Corpus-based Study of First Year Core Engineering Textbooks

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Move Analysis

Cotos¹

2018

The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics

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Move analysis is an approach to discourse analysis used in the research and teaching of genres within the area of language for specific purposes (LSP). Grounded in Swales's genre theory, this approach focuses on communicative purposes referred to as moves and rhetorical strategies called steps. Moves and steps are used to describe and study the rhetorical composition of texts within a genre and the linguistic means used within discourse communities to accomplish rhetorical actions. This entry presents move analysis from the perspectives of research and pedagogy, also addressing its potential value outside of LSP.

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