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Linguistic features for paper abstract of international retrieval journal —case study of SCI and SSCI journal article(PDF)

《长安大学学报（社科版）》[ISSN:1671-6248/CN:61-1391/C]

Issue:
2012年03期
Page:
120-
Research Field:
编辑学
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Title:
Linguistic features for paper abstract of international retrieval journal —case study of SCI and SSCI journal article
Author(s):
LIU Hai-ping
School of Foreign Studies, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, Shaanxi, China
Keywords:
English academic paper;  abstract;  linguistic features;  analysis
PACS:
I046
DOI:
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Abstract:
Abstract is the gist of the academic writing and its linguistic features are the key to writing good English abstract for Chinese students. Based on the writing standard of some famous retrieval system and with some related linguistic theories, 30 journal paper abstracts of both SCI and SSCI journals were analyzed in the aspect of their length, tense, voice and structure. The results show that most of the abstracts have the words of 120 to 200, 7 sentences, the abstracts are mainly for the present tense and the past tense in the tense, voice in the voice and the summary the active statement in the structure.

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