Chapter 8. Lexical bundles in Wikipedia articles and related texts
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Turo Hiltunen
Abstract
Wikipedia is widely used by academics and students in higher education, but research on the linguistic characteristics of this genre is scarce (Kuteeva 2016). This paper explores the usefulness of lexical bundles as an analytical tool to describe disciplinary variation within Wikipedia articles, and to contrast Wikipedia writing with two neighbouring genres, student essays and research articles. The results indicate that the occurrence of lexical bundles in Wikipedia varies between disciplines, which is in broad agreement with previous studies on other academic genres. The analysis of bundles also suggests that a credible authorial persona is less crucial to Wikipedia articles. Indicative of this is the low frequency of bundles indicating stance and engagement, which are characteristic of professional academic writing (e.g. Hyland 2008a).
Abstract
Wikipedia is widely used by academics and students in higher education, but research on the linguistic characteristics of this genre is scarce (Kuteeva 2016). This paper explores the usefulness of lexical bundles as an analytical tool to describe disciplinary variation within Wikipedia articles, and to contrast Wikipedia writing with two neighbouring genres, student essays and research articles. The results indicate that the occurrence of lexical bundles in Wikipedia varies between disciplines, which is in broad agreement with previous studies on other academic genres. The analysis of bundles also suggests that a credible authorial persona is less crucial to Wikipedia articles. Indicative of this is the low frequency of bundles indicating stance and engagement, which are characteristic of professional academic writing (e.g. Hyland 2008a).
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Chapter 1. Present applications and future directions in pattern-driven approaches to corpus linguistics 1
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Part I. Methodological explorations
- Chapter 2. From lexical bundles to surprisal and language models 15
- Chapter 3. Fine-tuning lexical bundles 57
- Chapter 4. Lexical obsolescence and loss in English: 1700–2000 81
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Part II. Patterns in utilitarian texts
- Chapter 5. Constance and variability 107
- Chapter 6. Between corpus-based and corpus-driven approaches to textual recurrence 131
- Chapter 7. Lexical bundles in Early Modern and Present-day English Acts of Parliament 159
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Part III. Patterns in online texts
- Chapter 8. Lexical bundles in Wikipedia articles and related texts 189
- Chapter 9. Join us for this 213
- Chapter 10. I don’t want to and don’t get me wrong 251
- Chapter 11. Blogging around the world 277
- Index 311
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Chapter 1. Present applications and future directions in pattern-driven approaches to corpus linguistics 1
-
Part I. Methodological explorations
- Chapter 2. From lexical bundles to surprisal and language models 15
- Chapter 3. Fine-tuning lexical bundles 57
- Chapter 4. Lexical obsolescence and loss in English: 1700–2000 81
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Part II. Patterns in utilitarian texts
- Chapter 5. Constance and variability 107
- Chapter 6. Between corpus-based and corpus-driven approaches to textual recurrence 131
- Chapter 7. Lexical bundles in Early Modern and Present-day English Acts of Parliament 159
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Part III. Patterns in online texts
- Chapter 8. Lexical bundles in Wikipedia articles and related texts 189
- Chapter 9. Join us for this 213
- Chapter 10. I don’t want to and don’t get me wrong 251
- Chapter 11. Blogging around the world 277
- Index 311
