Titles and Abstracts in Academic Discourse
This study examines the language of titles and abstracts in writing theses. The focus of this paper is two-fold; first, to investigate the rhetorical structure or styles of writing abstracts, and second, to determine features of a good title. The results of the paper indicate that writers of theses...
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Universiti Malaya
2017-07-01
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This study examines the language of titles and abstracts in writing theses. The focus of this paper is two-fold; first, to investigate the rhetorical structure or styles of writing abstracts, and second, to determine features of a good title. The results of the paper indicate that writers of theses should inculcate the skills of writing abstracts. Employing the suggested techniques or strategies would be a step in ensuring good production of abstracts. The analysis of the papers also shows that the generality or specificity of a title correlates with the number of lexical units in the title. That is, as the number of the lexical units increase the title becomes more specific.
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| spelling | doaj-art-cd1f0bcf92364e1ea73265b01c4c366c2024-11-26T18:59:01ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-0181Titles and Abstracts in Academic DiscourseJariah Mohd. Jan0University of Malaya, Malaysia This study examines the language of titles and abstracts in writing theses. The focus of this paper is two-fold; first, to investigate the rhetorical structure or styles of writing abstracts, and second, to determine features of a good title. The results of the paper indicate that writers of theses should inculcate the skills of writing abstracts. Employing the suggested techniques or strategies would be a step in ensuring good production of abstracts. The analysis of the papers also shows that the generality or specificity of a title correlates with the number of lexical units in the title. That is, as the number of the lexical units increase the title becomes more specific. http://jml.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3876academic writing; academic discourse; writing abstracts; writing titles |
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