Citing Previous Writers: What Can We Say Instead of 'Say'?

Autor/in	Pickard, Valerie
Titel	Citing Previous Writers: What Can We Say Instead of 'Say'?
Quelle	In: Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 18 (1995), S.89-102 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1015-2059
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Academic Standards; Applied Linguistics; Citations (References); College Students; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Grammar; Higher Education; Language Patterns; Scientific Research; Vocabulary Skills; Written Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Citations; Zitat; Collegestudent; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Grammatik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Aktiver Wortschatz; Geschriebene Sprache
Abstract	This concordance study uses a corpus of applied linguistic articles to explore how and why accomplished academic writers use quotations and citations, specifically the word 'say,' and analyses the lexical and grammatical choices they make. Citations were examined in almost 50,000 words from 11 articles to document use by experts writers. Overuse of'say' by English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students is symptomatic of a lack of vocabulary as well as a lack of understanding of the requirements of academic writing in acknowledging sources. Findings suggest that students lack knowledge of the citation behavior of expert writers and that concordanced research and classroom exercises may help teachers become better able to empower students to make better lexical awareness and choice. Appendixes present the corpus list, most frequent reporting verbs, and concordanced worksheet. (Contains 20 references.) (NAV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC