Stand-alone literature reviews
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Heidi R. Wright
Abstract
This chapter presents a new multi-dimensional analysis of stand-alone literature reviews (e.g., Annual Review of Medicine). Using the methods of Biber (1988), I analyzed 417 stand-alone literature reviews. A factor analysis of 72 grammatical features was conducted and a six-factor solution chosen. The dimensions were interpreted as Human vs. Technical/Academic Focus, Questioning/ Interpreting vs. Knowledge-Conferring, Expression of Stance, Author/Discourse Community vs. Topic Focus, Abstract vs. Concrete Focus, and Methodological Concerns vs. Description. Texts were then divided into four groups: discipline, time period, review type, and the presence or absence of methods. Factorial ANOVAs found significant differences for discipline and time period for many dimensions, whereas significant differences for presence of methods and review type were limited to one dimension each.
Abstract
This chapter presents a new multi-dimensional analysis of stand-alone literature reviews (e.g., Annual Review of Medicine). Using the methods of Biber (1988), I analyzed 417 stand-alone literature reviews. A factor analysis of 72 grammatical features was conducted and a six-factor solution chosen. The dimensions were interpreted as Human vs. Technical/Academic Focus, Questioning/ Interpreting vs. Knowledge-Conferring, Expression of Stance, Author/Discourse Community vs. Topic Focus, Abstract vs. Concrete Focus, and Methodological Concerns vs. Description. Texts were then divided into four groups: discipline, time period, review type, and the presence or absence of methods. Factorial ANOVAs found significant differences for discipline and time period for many dimensions, whereas significant differences for presence of methods and review type were limited to one dimension each.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Focus on writer expertise and nativeness status
- A corpus-based study of academic word use in EFL student writing 9
- Give constructions in Korean EFL learner writing 33
- A corpus-based exploration of constructions in written academic English as a lingua franca 59
- The influence of sources on First-Year Composition L1 student writing 89
- Students’ use of lexical bundles 115
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Part II. Focus on disciplinary variation
- Combining rhetorical move analysis with multi-dimensional analysis 137
- Lexical bundles across disciplines 169
- Lexical bundles as reflections of disciplinary norms in Spanish and English literary criticism, history, and psychology research 183
- Adjectives as nominal pre-modifiers in chemistry and applied linguistics research articles 205
- The use of lexical patterns in engineering 227
- Stance in unpublished student writing 255
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Part III. Focus on register variation
- P-frames and rhetorical moves in applied linguistics conference abstracts 281
- Stand-alone literature reviews 307
- A multi-dimensional view of collocations in academic writing 333
- Name index 355
- Subject index 357
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Focus on writer expertise and nativeness status
- A corpus-based study of academic word use in EFL student writing 9
- Give constructions in Korean EFL learner writing 33
- A corpus-based exploration of constructions in written academic English as a lingua franca 59
- The influence of sources on First-Year Composition L1 student writing 89
- Students’ use of lexical bundles 115
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Part II. Focus on disciplinary variation
- Combining rhetorical move analysis with multi-dimensional analysis 137
- Lexical bundles across disciplines 169
- Lexical bundles as reflections of disciplinary norms in Spanish and English literary criticism, history, and psychology research 183
- Adjectives as nominal pre-modifiers in chemistry and applied linguistics research articles 205
- The use of lexical patterns in engineering 227
- Stance in unpublished student writing 255
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Part III. Focus on register variation
- P-frames and rhetorical moves in applied linguistics conference abstracts 281
- Stand-alone literature reviews 307
- A multi-dimensional view of collocations in academic writing 333
- Name index 355
- Subject index 357
