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Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers

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

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2011.03.004

Abstract

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.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:academic writing, citation analysis, expert writers, novice writers
Subjects:P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Divisions:Education
ID Code:28884
Deposited By: Yanti Mohd Shah
Deposited On:30 Nov 2012 01:10
Last Modified:31 Jan 2019 11:30

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