Open AccessA Genre Analysis of Linguistics Research Articles Written by Iraqi University Instructors of English
Author(s) -
Baidaa' Al-Zubaidy Al-Zubaidy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
al-ustād̲
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2518-9263
pISSN - 0552-265X
DOI - 10.36473/ujhss.v225i1.125
Subject(s) - genre analysis , linguistics , applied linguistics , perspective (graphical) , schematic , reflection (computer programming) , computer science , corpus linguistics , systemic functional linguistics , sociology , artificial intelligence , engineering , philosophy , electronic engineering , programming language
Genre analysis can be seen from two different angles. First, it can be seen as a reflection of the complex realities of the world of communication and second as a pedagogically effective tool for the design of language teaching programs. This study investigates the macrostructure of linguistic research articles (RAs) written by Iraqi university instructors of English from a genre-based perspective. The study corpus consists of 25 linguistics RAs published in some national academic journals. To achieve the study aims, Swales’ (1990, 2001) theoretical framework of generic structure is adopted to explore the macrostructure of linguistics RAs. Results reveal that the discoursal organization of linguistics RAs is based on five main schematic moves. On the basis of these findings, a number of pedagogical implications are suggested.