Exploring process ‘verbs’ in EFL postgraduates’ citations

A Systemic Functional Linguistics approach

Bibliographic Data

ID21240184
AuthorsNayef Jomaa Jomaa (0000-0001-8952-5812, Karabük University), Siti Jamilah Bidin (0000-0001-9365-5038, Northern University of Malaysia)
Year2019
Volume9
Issue1
Publication date2019-05-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2301-9468 • E-ISSN: 2502-6747
PublisherUniversitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17509/ijal.v9i1.13793
OpenAlexW2948752344
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

Due to their significance in establishing a research background, citations have been under focus by several researchers. However, limited studies have applied the Functional Theory in analysing reporting verbs in citations. Hence, this study identifies citations in the literature review chapters of 20 PhD theses in Information Technology and Applied Linguistics by EFL postgraduates within the ESL context. These PhD theses were selected purposefully. This study explores qualitatively the processes based on the ideational metafunction of the Systemic Functional Linguistics. The findings show that the material processes were used dominantly, followed by relational, verbal, and mental processes, whereas the behavioural processes were less used. The use of processes ‘verbs’ is influenced by field and tenor as register variables. Thus, the findings imply that EFL postgraduates are unaware of using processes; therefore, they should receive discipline-specific instructions. Pedagogical textbooks for academic writing could be also developed based on the outputs of the present study

Applied linguistics · Linguistics · Systemic functional linguistics · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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