Đỗ Xuân Hải *

* Tác giả liên hệ (dxhai@ctu.edu.vn)

Abstract

This paper embodies a literature review of research which contrasts the move structure of research article introductions cross-linguistically. The analytical tools in these studies are based on Swales’ CARS (1990, 2004) frameworks. In this paper, I hightlight a number of important, shared insights from the review of the accumulated research findings, attempt at giving some comments on certain conceptual and methodological aspects of the research body under review, offer a couple of cautious notes and venture to make some suggestions to novice researchers who wish to continue this inquiry tradition.
Keywords: Contrastive rhetoric, move structure, RAIs, CARS framework

Tóm tắt

Trong bài viết này, chúng tôi lược khảo một số nghiên cứu có liên quan và có một vài tóm tắt cũng như nhận xét tổng quan tình hình nghiên cứu đối chiếu cấu trúc tu từ trong phần dẫn nhập bài báo nghiên cứu viết bằng hai ngôn ngữ khác nhau, sử dụng các mô hình CARS của Swales (1990, 2004). Từ những tóm tắt và nhận xét này, chúng tôi đưa ra một số lưu ý và gợi ý mà các nhà nghiên cứu tiếp theo có thể xem xét trước khi thực hiện đề tài.
Từ khóa: tu từ đối chiếu, cấu trúc tu từ, phần dẫn nhập, mô hình CARS

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