RHETORICAL STYLE OF INDONESIAN AUTHORS IN REVIEWING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE IN ENGLISH RESEARCH ARTICLES OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS PUBLISHED IN INDONESIA IN SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOG
| Main Authors: | Adila, Destiantari, Safnil, Safnil, Arono, Arono |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Archive |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.unib.ac.id/17397/1/DESTIANTRI%20OK.pdf http://repository.unib.ac.id/17397/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Reviewing prior knowledge in introduction subsection in a research article is something that should be considered important by an author. The aim of this study is to analyze the way Indonesian authors rhetorically review prior knowledge in their research article introduction. This study focuses on (1) the analysis of type of citation that is mostly used by Indonesian authors in their Research Articles Introduction in international journals published in Indonesia, (2) kind of tenses that are mostly used by Indonesian authors in their Research Article Introduction in international journals published in Indonesia, and (3) the ways Indonesian authors rhetorically review relevant prior knowledge in introduction subsection of their English research article in International journals published in Indonesia. The design of this study was descriptive qualitative with text analysis method. The results showed that (1) the type of citation mostly used by Indonesian authors was non integral citation with percentage of 86.5%, (2) kind of tenses mostly used by the Indonesian authors was present tense with the percentage of 67.3% and then followed by present perfect tense 15.4% and finally past tense 17.3%, and (3) positive justification was the most dominant used by Indonesian authors in reviewing relevant prior knowledge with the percentage 39.3% and then followed by supporting research topic with the percentage 24.2%, and the percentage for question raising from the result of previous study was only 0.3%. In conclusion, that is the way Indonesian authors reviewing prior knowledge that is acceptable in international journal published in Indonesia. Key Words: Citation, Rhetorical Style, Research Article