The first
impression of an academic paper lies in its abstract because it provides the
readers with an overview of the quality, relevancy and significance of the
paper. Such first overall impression may determine the chances of the full
paper being read or simply eliminated; which reader’s decision has an impact on
the author’s opportunity either for his work to be cited and disseminated or
disregarded. Therefore, it is critically important for academics at higher
institutions to be able to present the summary of their works in the most
comprehensive, systematic, clear and effective manner; one of the ways is by
using the essential rhetorical moves framework as a guideline for abstract
writing. The purpose of the present study was to analyze whether or not
entrepreneurial educators include essential rhetorical moves in their
conference proceedings abstracts using the revised model of Hyland’s (2000)
rhetorical moves. In addition, the study also examined the types of rhetorical
moves sequence presented in the selected abstracts. Purposive sampling was used
for data collection. Hyland’s (2000)
five-moves classification was revised and expanded to include the sixth
rhetorical move labeled as Implications of which modification results in a
six-moves classification. The six rhetorical moves in the revised model were
used as the coding in analyzing the moves structure of the selected abstracts
and types of sequence. The data were analyzed using manifest and latent content
analyses. The findings reveal that only one abstract satisfies the six
rhetorical moves while the other abstract contains only parts of the rhetorical
moves with the types of moves sequence being highly varied. The study concludes
that while academics do include the essential rhetorical moves when presenting
their abstracts, in majority, they are still lacking of awareness in what an
abstract should be. The implications of the findings were discussed in terms of
awareness-raising amongst academics concerning the importance of producing an
abstract that is comprehensive, systematic, clear and effective.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 27, 2017 |
Submission Date | October 1, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017Volume: 3 Issue: 9 |
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