Geok Imm Lee
Biographic Data
| ID | 7502080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geok Imm Lee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geok Imm |
| FAMILY NAME | Lee |
| SIGNATURE | LEE G I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1048-2835 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Establishing a Territory” in Traditional and Article-based PhD Thesis Introductions
Thesis writing, especially the Introduction chapter, can be a challenge for PhD students. A clear understanding of rhetorical structure, including moves and steps, is crucial to achieve success in academic writing. Despite this, there has been limited research on the rhetorical strategies and their linguistic realisations in PhD thesis introductions, particularly in various thesis formats. This study examines how writers of traditional and articl…
Stance Nouns in Argumentative Essays by L2 Malaysian Undergraduates
Stance nouns are an important feature of academic writing since they indicate to the readers how writer’s stance and the arguments are to be interpreted. However, there is a lack of studies in investigating how the L2 undergraduate students use stance nouns in L2 argumentative writing. With the aim to gain more insights into patterns of use of stance nouns in L2 academic writing, this study employed summative content analysis to analyse the patte…
A comparative move analysis of problem-solution discourse within risk management reports by Malaysian and American banks
Background and Purpose: A risk management report (henceforth, RMR) is a comprehensive document that analyses the risks faced by banks and outlines strategies to mitigate these risks. It follows an organising framework – the Problem-Solution (henceforth, PS) pattern which emphasises identifying problems and their solutions. Such a pattern is typically used in technical texts. This study shows how the said pattern is implemented in the organisation…
Unprompted self-disclosure in first encounter interactions
Research on self-disclosure is well-established in psychology and communication studies; however, unprompted self-disclosure as an action in conversation has not received as much attention. First encounters are often marked by social uncertainty, and self-disclosure plays a crucial role in facilitating conversation. Using a qualitative approach informed by insights from pragmatics and Conversation Analysis, and complemented by an analysis of freq…
A Systematic Review of Second-Person Knowledge Acquisition in First-Encounter Interactions
The acquisition of second-person knowledge in first encounters is a relatively unexplored area of investigation. In this study, we aim to shed light on this topic by systematically reviewing published research articles that describe the strategies and patterns observed when people seek to gain knowledge about one another in first encounters. Drawing on the framework of second-person knowledge and epistemics in conversation, we extracted relevant …
Rhetorical Moves of Introduction Sections in English Linguistics Research Articles From Two Non-Scopus and Two Scopus Journals
As the leading section in a research article (RA), the introduction typically leaves a lasting impression on the reader. It is thus necessary to make a well-crafted and organized introduction in the writing of successful RAs. However, a lack of studies has paid attention to the rhetorical moves in the non-Scopus and Scopus RA introductions in the linguistics area. Therefore, the present study first investigated the realization and essentiality of…
Occurrence Frequency of Rhetorical Moves in Introductions of Linguistics Research Articles From Non-Scopus and Scopus Journals
Serving as a fundamental opening section, the research article introduction (RAI) provides an entrance to a certain topic in the exploration of the unknown content of the research. It is a manifestation of rhetorical maneuver and establishes the context, identifies the challenges, and outlines the rationale for the study. Therefore, it is vital to make a well-crafted RAI to catch readers’ attention. However, the disparities in rhetorical moves em…
Postgraduate Students’ Use of Reporting Verbs in Literature Review Writings
Academic writing is intrinsically a persuasive discourse and for the argument to be well received by the discourse community, citation is mandatory. A successful integral citation requires writers to use appropriate reporting verbs in their writing texts which is different from non-integral citation. However, past studies have shown that novice writers had difficulties using reporting verbs in integral citations. Therefore, this action research s…
Question design in veterinary consultations
Question design by medical practitioners has been shown to have important consequences on how patients present their problems in clinical consultations. Linguistic structure of questions as part of question design implements different communicative and pragmatic functions, and hence, affects patients’ response in different ways. This study examined types of questions asked by veterinarians in the problem presentation phase of the clinical consult…
Texts with Metadiscourse Features are More Engaging
Metadiscourse is a pragmatic linguistic device that writers use to engage with their readers. For decades, research on metadiscourse has mostly centred on academic texts. There were also attempts to examine its use in editorials. However, in this study, attempts are made to investigate the readers’ responses on the use and non-use of metadiscourse in online business news. To gain insights on this objective, thirty participants from a local public…
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Texts with Metadiscourse Features are More Engaging
Metadiscourse is a pragmatic linguistic device that writers use to engage with their readers. For decades, research on metadiscourse has mostly centred on academic texts. There were also attempts to examine its use in editorials. However, in this study, attempts are made to investigate the readers’ responses on the use and non-use of metadiscourse in online business news. To gain insights on this objective, thirty participants from a local public…
Question design in veterinary consultations
Question design by medical practitioners has been shown to have important consequences on how patients present their problems in clinical consultations. Linguistic structure of questions as part of question design implements different communicative and pragmatic functions, and hence, affects patients’ response in different ways. This study examined types of questions asked by veterinarians in the problem presentation phase of the clinical consult…
A Systematic Review of Second-Person Knowledge Acquisition in First-Encounter Interactions
The acquisition of second-person knowledge in first encounters is a relatively unexplored area of investigation. In this study, we aim to shed light on this topic by systematically reviewing published research articles that describe the strategies and patterns observed when people seek to gain knowledge about one another in first encounters. Drawing on the framework of second-person knowledge and epistemics in conversation, we extracted relevant …
Rhetorical Moves of Introduction Sections in English Linguistics Research Articles From Two Non-Scopus and Two Scopus Journals
As the leading section in a research article (RA), the introduction typically leaves a lasting impression on the reader. It is thus necessary to make a well-crafted and organized introduction in the writing of successful RAs. However, a lack of studies has paid attention to the rhetorical moves in the non-Scopus and Scopus RA introductions in the linguistics area. Therefore, the present study first investigated the realization and essentiality of…
Occurrence Frequency of Rhetorical Moves in Introductions of Linguistics Research Articles From Non-Scopus and Scopus Journals
Serving as a fundamental opening section, the research article introduction (RAI) provides an entrance to a certain topic in the exploration of the unknown content of the research. It is a manifestation of rhetorical maneuver and establishes the context, identifies the challenges, and outlines the rationale for the study. Therefore, it is vital to make a well-crafted RAI to catch readers’ attention. However, the disparities in rhetorical moves em…
Postgraduate Students’ Use of Reporting Verbs in Literature Review Writings
Academic writing is intrinsically a persuasive discourse and for the argument to be well received by the discourse community, citation is mandatory. A successful integral citation requires writers to use appropriate reporting verbs in their writing texts which is different from non-integral citation. However, past studies have shown that novice writers had difficulties using reporting verbs in integral citations. Therefore, this action research s…
Stance Nouns in Argumentative Essays by L2 Malaysian Undergraduates
Stance nouns are an important feature of academic writing since they indicate to the readers how writer’s stance and the arguments are to be interpreted. However, there is a lack of studies in investigating how the L2 undergraduate students use stance nouns in L2 argumentative writing. With the aim to gain more insights into patterns of use of stance nouns in L2 academic writing, this study employed summative content analysis to analyse the patte…
A comparative move analysis of problem-solution discourse within risk management reports by Malaysian and American banks
Background and Purpose: A risk management report (henceforth, RMR) is a comprehensive document that analyses the risks faced by banks and outlines strategies to mitigate these risks. It follows an organising framework – the Problem-Solution (henceforth, PS) pattern which emphasises identifying problems and their solutions. Such a pattern is typically used in technical texts. This study shows how the said pattern is implemented in the organisation…
Unprompted self-disclosure in first encounter interactions
Research on self-disclosure is well-established in psychology and communication studies; however, unprompted self-disclosure as an action in conversation has not received as much attention. First encounters are often marked by social uncertainty, and self-disclosure plays a crucial role in facilitating conversation. Using a qualitative approach informed by insights from pragmatics and Conversation Analysis, and complemented by an analysis of freq…
“Establishing a Territory” in Traditional and Article-based PhD Thesis Introductions
Thesis writing, especially the Introduction chapter, can be a challenge for PhD students. A clear understanding of rhetorical structure, including moves and steps, is crucial to achieve success in academic writing. Despite this, there has been limited research on the rhetorical strategies and their linguistic realisations in PhD thesis introductions, particularly in various thesis formats. This study examines how writers of traditional and articl…
Linguistics (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Rhetorical question (3 works) · Communication (2 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (2 works)