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A FUNCTION-FIRST APPROACH TO VERB TENSE USAGE IN RESEARCH ARTICLE INTRODUCTIONS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Cilt: 170 Sayı: 2 3 Temmuz 2019
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A FUNCTION-FIRST APPROACH TO VERB TENSE USAGE IN RESEARCH ARTICLE INTRODUCTIONS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Abstract

The study aims to investigate verb tense usage in research article introductions in the field of Applied Linguistics by adopting a ‘function-first’ approach. The corpus used in the study consists of 50 research article introductions published in five prominent journals of the field. The communicative function of the sentences was determined on the basis Swales’ (1990; 2004) CARS (Create a Research Space) model. In the coding of data Maxqda 11 was used. The results show that each function is associated with particular verb tense. For instance, in ‘claiming centrality’ the present perfect tense, in ‘making topic generalisations’ the simple present and in ‘reviewing items of previous research’ the simple past tense is predominant. The results suggest that the ‘function-first' approach provides a more accurate description of verb tense usage in writing research article introductions than the ‘formfirst’ approach. The findings have implications for teaching academic writing.

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Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dilbilim

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

3 Temmuz 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

12 Nisan 2019

Kabul Tarihi

28 Mayıs 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019 Cilt: 170 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Öztürk, İ. (2019). A FUNCTION-FIRST APPROACH TO VERB TENSE USAGE IN RESEARCH ARTICLE INTRODUCTIONS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS. Dil Dergisi, 170(2), 31-53. https://izlik.org/JA39LU95ER