Move Analysis of English Research Article Abstracts in the Scopus-indexed Journal
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An abstract is widely on-going attention as a typical request from several publishers. Then, having a well-written abstract would be advantageous in several ways, including saving the work of journal editors and researchers. However, research that has investigated the lexical bindles in each move based on English research article (RA) abstracts in different contexts, particularly providing the insight into the moves occurred in the Scopus-indexed journals, is lacking. This study, therefore, investigated i) the frequency of move occurrence in English research article abstracts and ii) the lexical bundles in each move. The corpus consisted of 48 RA abstracts in the Language Learning Journal indexed by Scopus (Quartile 1) which were published online. The findings revealed that all the five moves are conventional. Regarding the lexical bundles in each move, the same phrases which were used by different abstracts were analyzed further. Then the data obtained was used as a source to contribute pedagogical implications and enhance academic and career advancement.
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