Phraseological patterns in a large corpus of biomedical articles
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Anthony Saber
Abstract
The objective of this study is to identify salient phraseological patterns in a large biomedical corpus composed of 375 original articles from four leading journals and to describe the way biomedical researchers fine-tune phraseology to each IMRAD section (i.e. Introductions, Methods, Results, and Discussions) and to each rhetorical step in a given article. The corpus was broken down into four sub-corpora corresponding to the archetypal IMRAD structure in order to identify significant differences in the distribution of key lexis and key word clusters across sections. The findings suggest that the style used by authors of original biomedical research articles is based on a limited repertoire of key standardized phraseological patterns specific to certain rhetorical steps. Keywords: medical writing; medical phraseology; phraseological patterns; medical word list
Abstract
The objective of this study is to identify salient phraseological patterns in a large biomedical corpus composed of 375 original articles from four leading journals and to describe the way biomedical researchers fine-tune phraseology to each IMRAD section (i.e. Introductions, Methods, Results, and Discussions) and to each rhetorical step in a given article. The corpus was broken down into four sub-corpora corresponding to the archetypal IMRAD structure in order to identify significant differences in the distribution of key lexis and key word clusters across sections. The findings suggest that the style used by authors of original biomedical research articles is based on a limited repertoire of key standardized phraseological patterns specific to certain rhetorical steps. Keywords: medical writing; medical phraseology; phraseological patterns; medical word list
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Issues in corpus-informed research and learning in ESP 1
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Part I. ESP corpora for language research
- From text to corpus 17
- Phraseological patterns in a large corpus of biomedical articles 45
- A corpus-based study of adjectival vs nominal modification in medical English 83
- Semantic prosody and specialised translation, or how a lexico-grammatical theory of language can help with specialised translation 103
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Part II. ESP corpora for genre-based approaches
- Oralising text slides in scientific conference presentations 137
- Corpora and academic writing 167
- Measuring the construction of discoursal expertise through corpus-based genre analysis 193
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Part III. ESP corpora for language teaching and learning
- Bringing data and dictionary together 217
- Raising collective awareness of rhetorical strategies 239
- Corpus consultation for ESP 261
- Notes on contributors 293
- Author index 297
- Subject index 301
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Issues in corpus-informed research and learning in ESP 1
-
Part I. ESP corpora for language research
- From text to corpus 17
- Phraseological patterns in a large corpus of biomedical articles 45
- A corpus-based study of adjectival vs nominal modification in medical English 83
- Semantic prosody and specialised translation, or how a lexico-grammatical theory of language can help with specialised translation 103
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Part II. ESP corpora for genre-based approaches
- Oralising text slides in scientific conference presentations 137
- Corpora and academic writing 167
- Measuring the construction of discoursal expertise through corpus-based genre analysis 193
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Part III. ESP corpora for language teaching and learning
- Bringing data and dictionary together 217
- Raising collective awareness of rhetorical strategies 239
- Corpus consultation for ESP 261
- Notes on contributors 293
- Author index 297
- Subject index 301
