比较纯语言摘要和摘要的句法复杂性:海洋科学学术写作案例研究

IF 3.1 1区 文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Yingying Liu , Tiantian Li
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摘要

各学科的主要学术期刊越来越多地要求在投稿时使用通俗语言摘要(PLS)。摘要是与研究人员交流的重要学术体裁,而 PLS 则面向学科知识有限的普通大众。迄今为止,很少有研究探讨 PLS 与摘要之间的语言差异。然而,解决这一问题对于了解学者如何针对不同受众调整自己的语言选择以及为 PLS 写作实践提供指导和负担能力非常重要。本研究利用海洋科学研究文章摘要和 PLS 的平行语料库,调查了 PLS 和摘要在句法复杂性上的差异。我们的研究结果表明,与 PLS 相比,Abstracts 使用了更长的生产单位和更复杂的名词,而 PLS 则比 Abstracts 使用了更多的从句和每个从句的名词性主语。本文讨论了 PLS 写作实践和教学法的意义。
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Comparing the syntactic complexity of plain language summaries and abstracts: A case study of marine science academic writing

Plain Language Summary (PLS) has been increasingly required for manuscript submission by leading academic journals across various disciplines. While Abstract is an important academic genre for communication with fellow researchers, PLS targets the general public with limited disciplinary knowledge. Few studies to date have explored the linguistic differences between PLSs and Abstracts. Addressing this issue, however, is important for understanding how scholars adapt their language choices for different audiences and for providing guidance and affordance for the PLS writing practice. Drawing on a parallel corpus of Abstracts and PLSs of Marine Science research articles, this study investigates the variations in syntactic complexity between PLSs and Abstracts. Our results demonstrate that Abstracts utilize longer production units and more complex nominals than PLSs, while PLSs employ more subordinate clauses and nominal subjects per clause than Abstracts. Implications for PLS writing practice and pedagogy are discussed.

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来源期刊
CiteScore
6.60
自引率
13.30%
发文量
81
审稿时长
57 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of English for Academic Purposes provides a forum for the dissemination of information and views which enables practitioners of and researchers in EAP to keep current with developments in their field and to contribute to its continued updating. JEAP publishes articles, book reviews, conference reports, and academic exchanges in the linguistic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic description of English as it occurs in the contexts of academic study and scholarly exchange itself.
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