Roles of the Cited Author in Citations of the Literature Review by EFL Postgraduates

Abstract

The study has been made possible through the postgraduate scholarship scheme (PGS) provided by Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM).

Exploring process ‘verbs’ in EFL postgraduates’ citations: A Systemic Functional Linguistics approach

“…The use of the relational processes in IT with a high percentage following the material ones in the present study implies that the taxonomies of reporting verbs adopted in previous studies were not sufficient in presenting a comprehensive description of the use of reporting verbs in the citation practices. Consequently, applying the Functional Theory in analysing citations as suggested by Hu and Wang (2014) and Jomaa and Bidin (2016) resulted in significant and comprehensive findings with more diversities of the processes used in the clauses of the citations that go beyond the three categories of reporting verbs adopted in previous studies (Francis et al, 1996;Hyland, 1999;Thomas & Hawes, 1994;Thompson & Ye, 1991).…”

“…Positioning the writer within the academic community is also achieved by means of citations (Samraj, 2013;Petric` & Harwood, 2013), reporting verbs and modal verbs (Thompson & Ye, 1991;Hyland, 1999;Samraj, 2013;Yang, 2013). Thus, this high significance of using citation has attracted the interest of several studies (Swales, 1990(Swales, , 2014Hyland, 1999;Thompson, 2001Thompson, , 2002Thompson & Tribble, 2001;Samraj, 2013;Jomaa & Bidin, 2016, 2017Park & Nam, 2017). general rules related to citation practices because they cannot be "valid in certain contexts" (Shi, 2012, p. 145).…”

“…In this context, the first language (L1) can influence the use of citations as demonstrated by Rowley-Jolivet and Carter- Thomas (2014) who showed that expert French writers writing in English had problems related to using reporting verbs, attribution, and stance due to lack of knowledge on English reporting, and the possible effect of their mother tongue. Therefore, as Jomaa and Bidin (2016) suggested, a need arises to explore the use of these reporting verbs employing the Systemic Functional Linguistics. Another suggestion was by Hu and Wang (2014) stating, "Importantly, pedagogical work on linguistic resources for citation needs to be informed by a coherent functional theory of language as a semiotic tool for construing ideational, interpersonal, and textual meanings in social context'' (p. 27).…”

Variations in the Citation Use and Perceptions in Writing the Literature Review by EFL Postgraduates

“…Rather, it extends to involve the stance of the writer, such as justifying the arguments, indicating gaps in the previous studies, and positioning the writer within the academic community (Hyland, 1999). The necessity to provide students with enough instructions on using citations has been suggested by several studies (Gol, Hezareh, & Soghondikolaei, 2014;Hu & Wang, 2014;Jomaa & Bidin, 2016, 2017Manan & Noor, 2015;Maroko, 2013;Nguyen & Pramoolsook, 2015, 2016Petric`, 2007;Rabab'ah & Al Marshadi, 2013). However, limited studies have focused on examining the citations, the types of clauses used in each citation, and the reasons that lie behind students' use of each citation type, particularly in the academic writing of EFL Arab students in the public Malaysian universities as an ESL context.…”

“…Several studies have been conducted on citations (Harwood, 2009;Hu & Wang, 2014;Hyland, 1999;Jomaa & Bidin, 2016, 2017Mansourizadeh & Ahmad, 2011;Monreal & Salom, 2011;Nguyen & Pramoolsook, 2015, 2016Petric` & Harwood, 2013;Rabab'ah & Al-Marshadi, 2013;Rowley-Jolivet & Carter-Thomas, 2014;Samraj, 2013;Shi, 2012;Swales, 1990Swales, , 2014Thompson, 2001;Thompson & Tribble, 2001;Yang, 2013). These studies addressed the citations types, subcategories of the integral and non-integral citations, functions of citations, purposes of citations, reporting verbs in citations, roles of the cited author in the integral citation, and challenges in the citation process.…”