The ＂Code＂ in Research Articles: Tenses, Voices and Rhetoric Functions of the Formulaic Expressions

英文學術論文寫作中的通行碼：詞彙短語的時態、語態及修辭

陳玫樺(Mei-Hua Chen)

《華梵人文學報》 23期 (2015/01) Pp. 123-146

摘要

英文學術論文寫作對許多英語非母語的研究者，特別是新手研究人員而言難度相當高。英文學術論文寫作有其慣用的寫作規範，所使用的文法和詞彙也有相當程度地約定俗成。學術論文中有許多慣用的詞彙短語，具有特定的溝通目的。這些詞彙短語可視為學術界的通行碼。本研究從動詞時態、被動語態及修辭功能三方面來探究這些通行碼所傳達的訊息，期能幫助新手研究人員更順利成為學術界的一份子，並成功發表自己的研究。

關鍵字

學術論文寫作 ； 詞彙短語 ； 修辭功能／手法 ； 約定俗成

並列摘要

Research article writing is a demanding task for researchers. Especially for non-native speakers, writing research papers does not come naturally. Studies have revealed that research paper writing conventions are a major problem. Research articles have a high degree of conventionalization. They are largely conventional as regards organization and language. The structure and the formulaic expressions in the research articles serve specific communicative purposes. They can be regarded as a type of code. Knowing and mastering these codes is beneficial to engaging in the research community. In this exploratory study, we manually analyzed research articles in various disciplines, attempting to explore more interesting conventional features. We examined the formulaic expressions in research articles from alternative perspectives: tenses, voices and rhetoric devices. The goal of this study is to help non-native researchers, especially novice researchers, to raise awareness of and facilitate the writing of such conventional formulaic expressions, which are expected from professional researchers in their publications.

並列關鍵字

research article writing ； writing convention ； formulaic expression ； rhetoric device

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