Lexical bundles in L1 and L2 English thesis abstracts: a corpus-driven move approach

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41110/25:103458

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/epub/10.3366/cor.2025.0344" target="_blank" >https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/epub/10.3366/cor.2025.0344</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Lexical bundles in L1 and L2 English thesis abstracts: a corpus-driven move approach

Original language description

Lexical bundles are considered to be building blocks of written academic genres, including abstracts. Whilst the focus has primarily been on lexical bundles in abstracts of higher-level writing, little attention has been given to abstracts of lower-level theses. This study aimed to uncover differences between types and frequencies of lexical bundles and their structural patterns and textual roles within rhetorical moves in abstracts of students’ theses written in L1 and L2 English. In addition to the two novice writers’ corpora, we built a third corpus containing abstracts from research papers by L1 expert writers. Results revealed parallels and differences between L1 and L2 novice writing, and between novice and expert writing. L2 novice writers showed nearly over-cautious dependence on formulaic language, repeating the same patterns and functions and frequently failing to achieve their communicative purpose. Despite the similarities between the two types of novice writing, L1 novice writers showed similarities with L1 experts. A pedagogical implication is encouraging more diverse grammatical patterns and textual functions, which would result in a more accurate portrayal of the research conducted.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60203 - Linguistics

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Corpora

ISSN

1749-5032

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

32

Pages from-to

331-362

UT code for WoS article

001642061300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105026628618