Introductions in Locally Published Research Articles in Linguistics: Towards A Syntagmatics of Moves

Authors

  • Habib Abdesslem Visiting Professor of Linguistics Faculty of Languages and Translation King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
  • Hassan Costello King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Keywords:

Rhetoric, Genre Studies, Research Article Studies, Research Article Introduction, CARS model, A Syntagmatics of Moves, Saudi University Journals

Abstract

This paper draws an analogy between the histories of traditional grammars and Swales’ rhetorical model for Research Papers Introductions. It argues that though core grammar rules for the sentence and core rhetorical patterns for the Introduction have originated from description and have risen to the status of prescription, the study of language use in different contexts can consolidate the core grammar rules and the core rhetorical patterns without undermining variation and change. The present study applies Swales’ Create a Research Space Model to describe the rhetorical patterns of Research Articles Introductions in linguistics published by two University Journals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It offers representations of the sequencing of Moves in core and extended Move patterns in what we propose to call A Syntagmatics of Moves. The study reveals that rhetorical patterns, different from Swales' core pattern, are recurrent in the analysed data. This finding brings to the fore issues related to acceptability of local researchers’ work in specialised international journals, visibility of university journals published in the periphery, and abiding by international norms and standards.

Author Biographies

Habib Abdesslem, Visiting Professor of Linguistics Faculty of Languages and Translation King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Habib Abdesslem, BA English (University of Tunis), MA & PhD Linguistics (University of Sheffield, UK), MA Philosophy of Language and Literary Criticism (University of Sheffield, UK). Professor of Linguistics and former Director of the Doctoral Program, University of Manouba, Tunisia. Visiting Professor at King Saud University (2000-2006). Author of Lesson Discourse Analysis (1992), Edwin Mellen Press; Co-author of The Teaching of Foreign Languages in the Arab World (2008), ALECSO Press. Published papers in International Review of Applied Linguistics, Journal of Literary Semantics, Cahiers de Linguisitique d' Ottawa, Langues et Litteratures (University of Algiers), and Lettres de Kairouan (University of Kairouan). Supervised more than 20 MA theses. Supervised Doctoral Theses at the Universities of Manouba (Tunis, Tunisia), King Saud (KSA), Strathclyde  (Scotland).  Supervising Doctoral Theses at The University of Manouba and  Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). Visiting Professor of Linguistics and Translation Studies, King Khalid University, since 2015.

Hassan Costello, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Hassan Sean Costello completed his undergraduate studies at George Mason University. He obtained an MA in Applied Linguistics from King Khalid University. Hassan started his international TESOL career in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after moving from Washington, D.C. in 2013. He teaches a number of language skills courses in the English department at the Faculty of Languages and Translation, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include the teaching-learning of academic writing. Hassan is also the Copy Editor for the King Khalid University Website (http://kku.edu.sa/en) and the Digital Content Administrator for the Faculty of Languages and Translation (http://flt.kku.edu.sa/en). 

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Published

03/20/2018

How to Cite

Abdesslem, H., & Costello, H. (2018). Introductions in Locally Published Research Articles in Linguistics: Towards A Syntagmatics of Moves. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 3(1), 5–46. Retrieved from https://arjals.com/ajal/article/view/149